Hey y’all! Maybe one day I’ll actually be caught up on book reviews on the blog! However, if you want to keep up with what I’m reading in real time, I’m sharing all my recent reads are highlighted on Instagram and you can also follow me over on Goodreads. November and December book reviews are going to be short, but sweet because we were in the holiday season and I focused a lot of time celebrating with friends and family along with the fact that it is the busiest time of year at the restaurant.
For November books, I also read books that were just okay. They were either books that I’ve been wanting to read for a while or they were books that I read to just check off a reading challenge prompt before the end of the year. Below are the four books that I read in November.
Campaign Widows – Aimee Agresti
I was excited to read another book set in Washington DC after enjoying Meet Me In the Middle, but this one ended up falling flat for me. Similar to In A Book Club Far Away, this book follows a group of women who become friends essentially because their significant others are away on the campaign trails during election season and how they support each other during a stressful and busy time of year. I believe part of my issue with this book was that there were too many different story lines going on and you couldn’t get invested in one storyline. I enjoyed Cady’s storyline the most and wanted to explore her journey more.
Rating
🌟🌟🌟/5
Just Last Night – Mhairi McFarlane
I definitely went into this book with the wrong mindset of it being a light contemporary romance read based on the cover. It is definitely not that. The main focus of the book is dealing with the death of a friend and discovering secrets while going through their journal. Another thing I pulled from this story is how your perspective of people is biased based on how your friends describe them. This book was one that I hyped up more in my mind that ended up disappointing me.
Rating
🌟🌟🌟💫/5
Five Total Strangers – Natalie D. Richards
This was a Big Library Read, which is basically a nationwide book club done on ebooks through the local library. This book drew my attention because it’s a psychological thriller but is done for the Young Adult audience. While the premise itself was good and I really did have a hard time trying to figure out who was taking all their items, the story felt like it was dragging on. There were some parts that were way too dramatic for my liking and all the changes in direction of their driving made me feel lost as to where they were going and how close they were to their destination. Overall it would be a good book for the young adult group, but i just wanted the story line to move a little faster and feel more realistic.
Rating
🌟🌟🌟/5
Heard It in a Love Song – Tracey Garvis Graves
I put Tracey Garvis Graves newest novel on hold as soon as it was released because I loved her previous book, The Girl He Used to Know so much and wanted to see if I would enjoy any of her other novels. This book was very moving and easy to follow even as a multiple POV and timeline story. I was drawn in to learn about both Layla and Josh’s previous relationships with the flashback story going from the beginning of their previous relationships that lead to marriage and ending in divorce and how they were learning how to move into the next chapters of their lives and rediscovering who they are. I was rooting for Layla and Josh the entire time and the way Tracey Garvis Graves handled the topic of divorce and the aftermath of it, especially when there is a child involved in it was very well done. While it didn’t take a hold on me the way that The Girl He Used to Know did, I enjoyed this book and will definitely read more of her books in the future.
Rating:
🌟🌟🌟🌟/5
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