Good book

I liked their development as friends and how the characters interacted with each other. However, it felt like there were too many extra conflicts and the book resolved pretty easily with everything wrapped up nicely.

Chester and Mario went to Mickey the counterman and drank water and Chester fell in, but he was okay. Mickey thought Chester was cool.

Seventh Grader Jordan Banks gets stuck into going to a private school, instead of going to his dream drawing school. He becomes one of the few colored kids in the whole school. Later on he figures out that it is hard to fit in and tries his best. But whenever he thinks he has fit in he ends up taking a twist and trying to figure out the next curveball.

The development of the atomic bomb is a fascinating story but this book was slow at times. The main characters were well developed and there were many threads that were woven into the book. Despite the 3 star rating I recommend this book.

This was one of my favorite books of this year so far. I really enjoyed reading about the trial and Lovely’s family history. I haven’t read the second book in this series but I really want to now.

As a scientist, how could I not want to read a book about a booth owned by a company called DNAMix that uses a cheek swab and DNA to tell you what your ideal job/potential should be? This book has become an Apple TV plus series, and it contains a series of dramatic stories in a small town in Louisiana that have been somewhat changed by the readouts from the booth. The main stories follow Doug and Cherylee Hubbard as well as Jacob and Hank Richieu. The endings were not surprising except for the booth being a scam by one of the characters. I am on the fence on whether I liked the book, but I am intrigued with the author's style of writing enough to want to read his bestseller, My Sunshine Away.

I think that I was way too excited to read this and that my expectations were too high. I liked the choose your own concept but I didn’t like Marsh at all.

I love Lucinda Berry books. The psychological twists and turns are wonderful. This book is about three families. The wives are best friends as are their eldest sons. Everyone has a secret and no one is really happy. Themes of loss, love, loneliness, and forgiveness run throughout the book. I was hooked from the first page and just about read it in one session.

A post-WWII historical novel about two women (the Golden Doves) who were resistance members during war and are left with loose ends after it concludes. Josie is hunting Nazi scientists as part of a government program and Arlette is searching for the son taken from her at Ravensbruck concentration camp. Fascinating background on the ratline that saw Nazis flee prosecution, leave Europe through Italy with help from (some members of) the Catholic church, and settle in South America, as well as the battle between Russia and the US for the Nazi's scientific brainpower. A long book but also fast-paced and a good blend of fiction and history. The ending wrapped up pretty quickly/neatly, but it kept me turning pages late into the night to find out how it ended.