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My favorite book recs
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items I love to read, I enjoy books that are based on historical events, so I get a glimpse of how it was to live in the late 1800’s early 1900’s. I also am interested in psychological thrillers and books about people, families and the lives of others.
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This book gives you some interesting insight on how one single woman made her way from poverty to riches back in the early 1900. Times were very different and this book gives you a glimpse into life during that era. Very interesting read, very grippi...
An American Beauty: A Novel of the Gilded Age Inspired by the True Story ...
This book will pull you in and give you some history of life during the leprosy outrage. Once again it’s a bit of history wrapped around a very interesting life of this woman’s character.
The Second Life of Mirielle West by Amanda Skenandore, Nicole Poole
Totally true, mafia in western Mass., NY, NJ. Very interesting read. Being from Massachusetts I can relate to many of the businesses mentioned in this book. It’s like a history book that will never be taught in schools.
South End Syndicate: My Genovese Takeover
Intense, thriller, great read right to the end. Colleen Hoover is a great author and her books are always gripping from start to finish. This one has become an award winning movie, as well.
It Ends with Us (2024)
Very interesting read, unexpected sequence of events, intriguing story.
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Mind boggling read, who knew, she had quite the life struggle
The Woman in Me: Spears, Britney
So good, well written and super interesting as well as informative. For any music lover.
Conversations With Tom Petty by Paul Zollo
The best fun, interesting, gripping read. This book is for everyone.
The World According to Garp (1982)
This one caught me by surprise, could not put it down. Full of surprises.
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Once you start reading, you can’t stop it’s so full of surprises. This book will grab you and won’t let go until you read the last sentence. Very well written! This is coming out as a movie soon. I can’t wait to see it.
Just finished Verity by Colleen Hoover, here's my quick and honest review
Awesome book, will have you riveted until the very end. Super interesting read. Simone St. James is an excellent author!
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
This was my first Simone St. James book, I found it gripping, intriguing and very suspenseful. She grabs you in and all you want to do is read nonstop.
If you’re anything like me you will be seeking Simone St. James other books, she is a great write...
The Broken Girls by Simone St. James
Based on a true story, a very tragic story of a murder that went unsolved for too many years and how so many people were involved in keeping it unsolved. Including the Catholic Church as the predator was a priest from the area I grew up in. I was nev...
Death of an Altar Boy: Danny Croteau Murder
Excellent read, again based on a true story of an individual leaving Ireland to come to the U.S. this book takes you along for the whole journey. Quite gripping in so many ways. This book is another that is a piece of history local to my area. I hig...
The Garden of Martyrs: White, Michael C.
This is the first book I ever read on this topic, this book lead to a long list of other similar reads. Great read, eye opening to a whole new dimension of life and the dead. This book will make you want to know more, learn more and seriously open yo...
The Universe Has Your Back: Transform Fear to Faith
Great read, a big taste of history and a hard to put down book. I love books that give me a glimpse at how people lived in the early 1900’s. Here you get a big taste of history, and how close wealth and poverty actually were back then. It’s an eye op...
The Nurse's Secret: Thrilling Historical Novel
A book about 3 sisters who mix their own magic world with the real world. This book takes you through the Story family history and the lives of everyone who is involved. It’s an interesting drama and a bit of a love story too. Very interesting read ...
The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman
This book will grab you right from the start, 7 friends that meet on their first day of college. One gets murdered and it seems everyone is keeping secrets that takes 10 years to figure out just what happened that night. This is a page turner, very w...
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
Simone St. James is one of my favorite Authors, and this book does not disappoint. It's an edge of your seat read that will not let you down.
Murder Road by Simone St. James
Not only do I love to read, but I have to say shopping is my first love. This book is about the history of shops on 5th avenue dating back to the early 1900's, late 1800's. Super interesting and also a glimpse of history where women were the people i...
When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour & Power
This book is truly awesome it’s a domestic story of Mabel’s life and it is a fantastic read. Once you start this, you won’t be able to put it down.
Mad Mabel: A Novel - Hepworth, Sally: Books
This book is the most gripping book I’ve read in a very long time. It literally grabs you in on the first three pages. I was so intrigued I could not stop reading, I read all 434 pages in one day. This author is amazing, just be forewarned you will b...
The Last One: A Novel: 9781668021156: Dean, Will