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Half His Age by Jeanette McCurdy

Book Summary.

It was the glasses

The receding hairline

The balding head that shone brighter than the projector screen

It was his weakness

That which made her shine

First in the row

Always first to engage

First to answer.

The only one extending the conversation

He’s been having alone with everyone around him

Him talking

No one listening

She was the opposite

A little wild

Unpredictable

Smart

Is she going to ask me veiled question about hierarchy? Bring up the words Dr. Sir. Yes. In context.

Bring up the fact that men use power to exploit women. With a bat of an eyelash and a challenging question

He was hers

She’d Call him daddy on the text string later

And he thinks

He has her

In his pocket

He gives her the grades she earned

In the classroom

And the bedroom

And when the semester ends

She loses him number

Forgets his status on

Rank a professor

And signs up

For her fall semester classes

Which will be harder

Than he ever was”

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The Review.

Four STARS! Thanks to Librofm for the advanced copy!

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The Future Saints by Ashley Winstead

Book Summary.

THE FUTURE SAINTS Ashley Winstead.  Unpopular opinion upcoming… Winsteads books either work for me or they don’t. I either love it or hate it. There is no in between- until now. I gave THE FUTURE SAINTS three stars. It felt mid. I’m sorry to report it is not like DAISY JONES. Not close. The setup is this: Theo takes on the management of a band at the door of destruction hoping he can turn the band around. What he doesn’t know is it will take most of him, all of him, to attempt to. Hannah is the lead of the band. And she will be his undoing. One note at a time.

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The Review.

A love story is promised and it was given. However it ended up. I had no connection to any of the characters. I had no connection to the story. I did not care what happened to any of them. The writing is missing a bit of charisma. It is missing that spark. That fire. It has a lot to do with Theo. Theo is as inert as they come. He was not constructed well. I don’t feel like he should have been the narrative choice. For god sakes why not Hannah. Comparing it to a book that has fanfare and a following, a tv show adaptation, and awards is not exactly telling the truth of it. Don’t expect to come away buzzing after reading it. Don’t expect to come away with a new favorite character. Don’t expect it to cement Winstead as an auto buy author and this might be the book for you. I recommend to completionists and them alone. Thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for the advanced copy!

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Jenny Cooper Has a Secret by Joy Fielding

Book Summary.

Jenny Cooper Has a Secret

Joy Fielding

Linda’s husband just died. Her best friend, saddled with a dementia diagnosis, moves into a memory care ward. Linda is swirling in a whirlwind of grief. She has no one to talk to, no one to confide in, no one to go home to.

One day, while she is visiting her friend in the memory care unit, she comes across a patient. Her name is Jenny. Jenny Cooper. Instantly fascinated by her, Jenny says she has a secret. She has killed before.

At first, Linda assumes Jenny is at best not in her right mind, and she blows Jenny off. After days of being confronted by Jenny in the hallways of the memory care unit, Linda finally takes a moment to listen.

The story meanders at points, Jenny starts and stops, but at the end, Jenny tells Linda her secret.

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The Review.

I haven’t read Joy Fielding since before I started tracking books I’ve read. I have no idea how many I read, but I can picture these little paperback copies. Oh, I miss those books.

JENNY COOPER HAS A SECRET was both fun and boring. These two can exist at the same time. I liked the characters, and I liked the story for the most part. However, the nature of several of the characters leads to a lot of rehashing and going over things multiple times. It got repetitive quickly.

I wish my experience this time were different.

Thanks to Netgalley, Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine | Ballantine Books

JENNY COOPER HAS A SECRET…⭐️⭐️⭐️

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