In Back After This Cecily is a podcast producer at a small media company. When she learns the company is struggling and many on her team could be laid off she agrees to be the subject of a series about using a dating coach to find love. Not just any coach but an Instagram lifestyle influencer who potentially brings much needed advertising in the form of big sponsors. What is ... Read More...
The Switch by Beth O’Leary
When Leena and her grandmother Eileen both find themselves in desperate need of a change they come to an unusual decision in Beth O’Leary’s The Switch. Each move into the others’ home. For Leena this means leaving her London flat and two roommates and heading to a cottage an hour away. For Eileen, it’s leaving behind the quiet and peace of her tiny village and entering London’s ... Read More...
Feel Good Reading: Mini-Reviews
Photo by Sixteen Miles Out on Unsplash My subject line today is a weak attempt on my part to make light of why I haven’t written a review in so long. I mentioned having COVID in my July recap, but that was two weeks ago. I’ve had little to do but read so reviews should have been flowing like water. Instead, the only thing flowing is my nose when I’m not sleeping or ... Read More...
Check & Mate
Mallory is only 18 but she already has an unwanted reputation. She’s the only person to have beaten Nolan Sawyer, the 20-year-old World Chess Champion who hasn’t lost in over three years. Some would be thrilled, but Mallory hates chess and hasn’t played since that infamous game. This is the board upon which Ali Hazelwood arranges her players in Check & Mate, a young adult ... Read More...
The Flatshare: A Novel
In the same way I’m always up for a well done rom-com movie I sometimes need the same thing in my reading. The end of this year has found me unable to commit to anything with too much darkness or character study. Thankfully, a friend recommended The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary. This light story takes the unusual premise of two strangers ‘sharing’ an apartment without ever seeing ... Read More...
