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What Alice Forgot

"Maybe every life looked wonderful if all you saw was the photo albums." Author: Liane Moriarty After a gym accident, Alice has forgotten ten years of her life. She entered the gym as a forty-year-old, soon-to-be divorced mom of three who was happily dating, career-oriented, and known for her overly organized take-charge attitude, fancy dresses and heels, and abrasive attitude. She exited having lost a decade, thinking that she was 29, newly married and pregnant, adoring sweatpants and chocolate, a little mousy, looking for the comfort of her husband and shocked to discover that everything has fallen apart – including her [...]

Frances Carden2025-12-24T11:18:38-07:00December 24th, 2025|Tags: book review, drama, fiction, Liane Moriarty, read, reading, What Alice Forgot|

The Last Chronicle of Barset

“Money is worth thinking of, but it is not worth very much thought.” Author: Anthony Trollope In The Last Chronicle of Barset Anthony Trollope brings the Barsetshire Chronicles to a close with a stimulating scandal, an unexpected death, a forbidden romance, and a failed romance. What better way to close out a rousing Victorian drama? This time, Barsetshire is consumed with the case of a supposedly stolen check. The proud but impoverished Reverend Josiah Crawley has cashed a note for 20 pounds to pay his butcher bill. He believes this money was given to him by his friend, Dean Arabin, but [...]

Frances Carden2025-11-26T16:16:01-07:00November 26th, 2025|Tags: Anthony Trollope, Barset, Barsetshire, book review, classic, drama, fiction, read, reading, victorian|

Truly Madly Guilty

“Life was all about consequences.” Author: Liane Moriarty Clementine and Sam seem to have it all: a happy family, cute children, impressive careers. It’s suburban bliss. At least, it is to Clementine’s best friend/pseudo enemy, Erika. Erika and Oliver pretend to have it all together. Erika is precise, all-business, and yet vampiric in her neediness. The untold, not-so-surprising secret is that Erika wants Clemetine’s messy suburban life. She and Oliver have been trying for years to unsuccessfully have children, endless rounds of painful IVF leaving the couple hopeless and forlorn. On the outside, however, all is well. Clementine and Sam and [...]

Frances Carden2025-11-22T19:46:51-07:00November 22nd, 2025|Tags: book review, drama, fiction, Liane Moriarty, read, reading|