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Surprise Me

How Not to Save Your Relationship Author: Sophie Kinsella Sylvie and Dan have been together for ten years. They know everything each other will say before it is spoken. They have fallen into a comfortable routine, every gesture known before it is made, every day tracking much the same. They have good jobs, beautiful twin girls, and everything seems to be going fine. . . that is, until their doctor happily announces that they can easily live another 68 years. Together. When they said “till death do us part” they really hadn’t expected 78 full years together. With no surprises [...]

Frances Carden2022-07-26T09:41:11-07:00June 18th, 2022|Tags: book review, Comedy, Kinsella, read, reading, review, reviews|

Behind Her Eyes

Supernatural Thriller Author: Sarah Pinborough What happens when sleepless nights, strange dreams of doors, hope, and betrayal combine? On the outside, David and Adele have the perfect marriage. They ARE the perfect couple. Beautiful, successful, in love. But scratch the surface and there is a darkness there. No one knows this better than David’s secretary and secret mistress, Louise. She never meant to get involved with a married man or accidentally become best friends with his wife. But now she is torn between the two, in love with one, desperately worried about the other, and always guilty and lonely. This cannot [...]

Frances Carden2022-07-26T09:43:20-07:00June 12th, 2022|Tags: book review, botm, read, reading, reviews, supernatural, thriller|

House of Leaves

An Endless House, a Childhood Secret Author: Mark Z. Danielelewski I remember prowling through Barnes and Noble as a teen and invariably running across House of Leaves, picking it up, and flipping through to see the bizarre format: words stair stepping down pages, inverted, magnified, split. This layout, among other things, gained House of Leaves its notoriety. At the bookstore I’d always read the back cover, flirt with the idea of buying the book and seeing what all the fuss was about, but I’d always end up putting it right back on the shelf and walking away. I was discouraged by [...]

Frances Carden2022-07-26T09:02:16-07:00May 13th, 2022|Tags: book review, house of leaves, read, reading, reviews|