When Amelia commits suicide by jumping off the roof of her elite New York City prep school, things don't quite add up for her mother. Amelia was happy and never showed any of the signs, but Kate doesn't start asking questions until she gets a mysterious text from a blocked number telling her Amelia didn't…
New money will NEVER be on equal footing with old money. And you can be rich, but that's not the same as old New York society rich. Now you're talking wealth of a whole other level. If only Evelyn's mother understood that it's a social circle you can only be born into. Perhaps then she would not…
Since these novels are true YA (that's the Young Adult genre), I read all three in 3.5 days. I mean, I'm an almost-30-year-old reading stories meant for teens. Whatever, it's still juicy fun. This is yet another series in the growing dystopian romance/female empowerment sub-category. It was described to me as Hunger Games meets The…
Like pretty much everyone else, I was obsessed with "Gone Girl" so I made sure to read Gillian Flynn's next novel, "Dark Places" and it did not disappoint. Libby Day is the victim of a gruesome crime. When she was just seven, her mother and two sisters were brutally murdered - we're talking strangled, chopped with an…
Hattie loves her children but rather than show that love with affection and sensitivity, she focuses on being a solid provider. She does what she has to do to make sure her 11 children (and one grandchild) are fed, healthy, and out of harm's way. But whether it is her rough demeanor or the circumstance of…
Last year was my first ever with a Christmas tree and I LOVED it. Since it currently gets dark around 4:15 PM, I like to turn on the tree as soon as the sun goes down and curl up on the couch with a good book and music playing softly in the background. Here are…
WHY DID NOBODY WARN ME THIS BOOK WAS GOING TO MAKE ME CRY? Finch and Violet meet on the roof of their school's bell tower, both intending to jump to their deaths. Ever since the death of her sister, Violet has been unable to find joy in her life. Her life has changed so dramatically…
I came of age in France so I am drawn to a coming of age novel set in the country. Isabel is an American from California that I would categorize as flighty. She has dropped out of film school and has moved to France to help her pregnant sister, Roxy, prepare for the arrival of her…
I've never read The Age of Innocence, so I can't really make any comparisons of Francesca Segal's updated version, The Innocents, to the original. However, I can tell you that I enjoyed the modern take on the classic. This version moves the setting from New York to Northwest London and instead of focusing on the…
When high precision of sewing patterns as well as heavy and high density materials are needed for the production of mattress panels the Single-Needle Quiltin...
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