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Party Crasher, The

What's Heard Under the Table . . . Author: Sophie Kinsella Effie has the perfect family life: two happy parents and an eccentric childhood home filled with memories, a place that she can always go and feel herself. Of course, the great love of her life didn’t work out – that’s still a never-ending sore point. But she has her family. Her cozy little world. The kitchen filled with her step-mom’s charming drawings, a lifetime spelled out in adorable images. But the custom rugs is about to be pulled out from under her feet when one Christmas, after the gifts are [...]

Frances Carden2025-04-03T04:35:43-07:00June 14th, 2022|Tags: Comedy, fiction, read, reading, reviews, romance, Sophia Kinsella|

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|