Let's Read a Good Book......Behind The Red Door by Louise Claire Johnson

 

 

 

Behind The Red Door by Louise Clair Johnson

 I started the book with no idea  what I would find between the covers but found it captivating from the first page.  To say I  found the story of Elizabeth Arden impressive would be a total understatement,  what she did was totally amazing.  I wonder if as a girl growing up in the 60's, if I had been able to read the Arden story how it might have changed my life's dreams and goals.  
This book is written in a way that allows you to live with Arden, not as a bystander reading about her.  The author, who wove her own modern day story into Arden's was able to bring the era and the cities alive and allow you to live each second along with both Arden and herself.  For me personally, since I had been to  New York, Geneva and Canada where much of the book takes place, this added another level of feeling present.  I would recommend  this book to all females both young and young at heart.

 Thank you, NetGalley and Gatekeeper Press for allowing me to read this book.

Let's Read a Good Book........The Newcomer by Mary Kay Andrews

 

     

The Newcomer by Mary Kay Andrews

 I love a Mary Kay Andrews book.  They are great beach, vacation or curling up on a rainy day reads. And this is one I did not want to lay down.    Mary Kay always picks amazing settings and characters you will love and those you will love to hate along with the secondary characters who bring a lot of interest to the book.  This book is a murder mystery with a little romance, a lot of love and a couple of sharp turns. 

Thanks to St. Martin's Press and netgalley for a copy of this book.

Let's Read a Good Book.......Love for Beginners by Jill Shalvis

 

 “Love for Beginners" Jill Shalvis, is the perfect book for summer vacation, even if you are just staying home.    It is the 7th book in her Wildstone series but these are all stand-alone books.

  Even adults needs fairy tales and this book is a great one.  A love story with animals what more could you need?   It is also a core storyline that you don’t read in every book.  The  secondary characters were amazing and funny and added personality to the story.  I didn’t want to put it down.

Thanks to William Morrow/Custom House and Netgalley for allowing me to read this book.

Let's Read a Good Book ....... Family Reunion by Nancy Thayer

 

 

Family Reunion

by

Nancy Thayer

First , I love  Nancy Thayer’s books and have read many.  This one I enjoyed immensely.

Second, I have never and will never understand selfish, narcissist people who are never satisfied with what they have and always want more…..they must live very miserable lives…….and yes this book has one. ( I’m still trying to figure out why these adult kids think that their mother owes  them any of the money from the sale of her property.)    This book also has a beautiful relationship between a grandmother and granddaughter that I wish I could go back in time and have with my grandmother.   This is a sweet family story, minus the selfish kids,  and a man having an affair on the same island as his daughter and mother-in-law live ,  is that stupidity or wanting to get caught but   you will not want to put this book down.

This is a must read.  Thank you #Netgalley #ARC .   Due to be released May 4, 2021.

Let's Read A Good Book...... (NOT) Sunrise on Half Moon Bay by Robyn Carr

 

 

Sunrise on Half Moon Bay

by

Robyn Carr

 

I have loved reading Robyn Carr for years but this book not so much. I do not enjoy reading about people being used and taken advantage of and by page three this book was clearly about big, smart rich sister using younger, vulnerable sister. I was turned off immediately. Then the book goes in a totally different direction as though the first chapter and the rest of the book was written by different people and who ever wrote it clearly did not read that first chapter. I found the only characters I liked was the private detective, the grocer and Ross, all minor characters, the main characters were just not appealing and not well developed. I hope this isn't a series because none of these people felt like friends and I really don't want to meet up with them again.

Let's Read A Good Book.......( NOT ) Trusting the Badge by Dorothy F. Shaw

 

Trusting the Badge by Shaw, Dorothy F.
This was a book I was looking forward to reading but quickly changed my mind once I got started.  15 minutes in the " F " word had been used at least 10 times and  for no good reason except a lack of adjectives.  Then they author threw in a "GD" and it was time for me to close this book.  There is really no excuse for the "F" word every other sentence.  Pull out your Thesaurus and find a non offensive word.  For me this book is a big NO !!!!
Thank you  to net galley and publisher for the opportunity to review this book.

Let's Read a Good Book....." No Way Out" by Fern Michaels

       

No Way Out
by Fern Michaels
 I enjoyed this book immensely and didn't want to put it down.    It is a perfect  book for a rainy day, the  beach or vacation.  
It starts very suspenseful and mysterious and will have you spooked.   Then suddenly it's like everyone takes a happy pill and becomes a different person.   It reads like the book was written by two different people who didn't have the same plot plan for the book.  The first half is dark and full of bad things yet to come and the second half is " tip toeing through the tulips".  The plot  ends  quickly and is rather anticlimactic.
Thanks  NetGalley and Kensington Books for allowing me to read this book.