The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (Format used for this read: Audiobook) In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there…
The Handmaid’s Tale
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (Format used for this read: Audiobook) Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to…
The Last Thing He Told Me
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave (Format for this read: Audiobook) Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers—Owen’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a…
The Husbands
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio (Format used for this read: Audiobook) When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband, Michael. There’s only one problem—she’s not married. She’s never seen this man before in her life. But according to her friends, her much-improved…
Under The Whispering Door
Under The Whispering Door by T.J. Klune (Format used for this read: Audiobook) Welcome to Charon’s Crossing. The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead are just passing through. When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own funeral, Wallace begins to suspect he might be dead. And when Hugo, the…
Home Is Where The Bodies Are
Home Is Where The Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose (Format used for this read: Audiobook) After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm’s…
Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark
Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark by Cassandra Peterson (Format used for this read: Audiobook) On Good Friday in 1953, at only 18 months old, 25 miles from the nearest hospital in Manhattan, Kansas, Cassandra Peterson reached for a pot on the stove and doused herself in boiling water. Third-degree burns…
Nightbitch
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder (Format used for this read: Audiobook) I read this book for the first time 3 years ago and absolutely LOVED IT. When someone in my book club picked this as our monthly read this month, I was kinda JAZZED to dig into it again, remembering how weird and wonderful it was.…
More: A Memoir of Open Marriage
More: A Memoir of Open Marriage by (Format used for this read: Audiobook) Molly Roden Winter was a mother of small children with a husband, Stewart, who often worked late. One night when Stewart missed the kids’ bedtime—again—she stormed out of the house to clear her head. At a bar, she met Matt, a flirtatious…
Will
Will by Will Smith (Format used for this read: Audiobook) Will Smith’s transformation from a West Philadelphia kid to one of the biggest rap stars of his era, and then one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood history, is an epic tale — but it’s only half the story. Will Smith thought, with good…