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Title: Burning September Author: Melissa Simonson Purchase: Amazon ~ Kindle Kat’s life is going exactly the way her sister has planned it, until a detective shows up at their front door early one morning and arrests Caroline for murder.  Suddenly and utterly alone, Kat doesn’t know how to navigate a world without Caroline, the woman who raised her. During the aftermath of the crime, Kat tries to figure out who she is without her sister, but unlocking those doors only leads to more troubling questions.  Kat realizes the one person she thought would never lie to her had, and quite frequently. Sorting through the skeletons and lies might be more than she can handle, but it’s a necessary evil if she ever wants to see her sister acquitted. My most favorite thing about this book is the family connection. I wish I knew that my sister would have taken care of me if my parents passed away while we were young. I wish I had a connection like that with my sister. The characters in this book were

Cassie is writing a letter to the boy whose heart she broke. She’s trying to explain why. Why she pushed him away. Why her father got so angry when he saw them together. Why she disappears some nights. Why she won’t let herself remember what happened that long-ago night on the boardwalk. Why she fell apart so completely. Desperate for his forgiveness, she’s telling the whole story of the summer she nearly lost herself. She’s hoping he’ll understand as well as she now does how love -love for your family, love for that person who makes your heart beat faster, and love for yourself- can save you after all. Purchase: Amazon ~ Kindle This book is not what I thought it would be. Nothing like how I thought it would go at all. I feel like the synopsis doesn’t really quite cover what the book is actually about. It’s not about a boy through the entire book but a girl who hears a voice who lets her know she’s a crappy person. We find out that the voice is one of herself, her self disappointment.

Title: Tone Deaf Author: Olivia Rivers Purchase: Amazon ~ Kindle His world is music. Her world is silent. Ali Collins was a child prodigy destined to become one of the greatest musicians of the twenty-first century- until she was diagnosed with a life-changing brain tumor. Now, at seventeen, Ali lives in a soundless world where she gets by with American Sign Language and lip-reading. She’s a constant disappointment to her father, a retired cop fighting his own demons, and the bruises are getting harder to hide. When Ali accidentally wins a backstage tour with the chart-topping band Tone Deaf, she’s swept back into the world of music. Jace Beckett, the nineteen-year-old lead singer of the band, has a reputation. He’s a jerk and a player, and Ali wants nothing to do with him. But there’s more to Jace than the tabloids let on. When Jace notices Ali’s bruises and offers to help her escape to New York, Ali can’t turn down the chance at freedom and a fresh start. Soon she’s traveling cross-

Title: Twisted Author: K.A. Robinson Purchase: Amazon ~ Kindle Chloe and Drake have found their happily ever after… Almost. When Chloe’s mother comes back into her life with a bang, it sets off a chain of events no one could have ever expected. Everyone has their demons, and Chloe and Drake’s hit them with a vengeance. Sex, drugs, money, a crazy ex, and Rock ‘n’ Roll… Can they survive it all? Things are beginning to feel a bit… twisted. Personally, I like Twisted more than I like Torn. There’s so much more drama in it and it’s not just relationship drama. It’s family drama, friend drama, stalker drama, and drug drama. This book gives you more of a thrill. Don’t get me wrong, I love the relationship drama as much as the next person. There’s a time when I’d like for other things to happen too. I don’t think an entire book should be dedicated to the problems of someone’s relationship. Which is why I really enjoyed this one. You get a little bit of everything! Every character that was in

Chloe hasn’t had the best life. With a mother who is gone more often than not, she has had to raise herself. After graduating high school, she leaves to start a new life away at West Virginia University with her best friends Amber and Logan, determined to leave her demons in the past. On her first day, she meets a stranger who takes her breath away at first sight. Until she met Drake, no one had ever sparked her interest. Now this tattooed and pierced bad bot is all she can think about, no matter how hard she fights it. Falling for Drake was never part of her plans, but when it happens, things seem to do anything but fall into place. Dealing with a tragic past, Drake has never cared about anyone else but himself and his band. But when Chloe takes the empty seat next to him in class, things start to change. Instantly drawn to her, he begins to wonder if one girl can take a cold hearted womanizer and change every part of him? Lon hidden feelings are revealed and friendships tested to the

A hiking and outdoor enthusiast, fifty-year-old Fern Conrad can’t imagine spending her time doing anthing else, much to the dismay of her daughter, Colby. Kara Dawson, a twenty-five-year-old student therapist, has shut life out to focus on her sister’s illness. That is, until a chance meeting pushes her to confront the possibilities- but letting go and moving forward. Eight-three-year-old Nettie Campbell heals in the hospital while facing the consequences of her actions. Can she repair relationships and forge new bonds as she comes to terms with the truth? Come This Way is an emotional, honest look into the lives of women who are discovering their own strength. It is a story about difficult choices and the people around us who help us find our way. PURCHASE: AMAZON ~ KINDLE This is the first book I’ve read by Michelle Schlicher. It’s not normally a book I would pick up whilst shopping around the bookstore. But I was drawn in by what this book was about. Also, the cover is quite adorabl

The tour-de-force, hair-raising new novel from Herman Koch, New York Times  bestselling author of  The Dinner  and  Summer House with Swimming Pool Once a celebrated writer, M’s greatest success came with a suspense novel based on a real-life disappearance. The book was called  The Reckoning , and it told the story of Jan Landzaat, a history teacher who went missing one winter after his brief affair with Laura, his stunning pupil. Jan was last seen at the holiday cottage where Laura was staying with her new boyfriend. Upon publication, M.’s novel was a bestseller, one that marked his international breakthrough. That was years ago, and now M.’s career is almost over as he fades increasingly into obscurity. But not when it comes to his bizarre, seemingly timid neighbor who keeps a close eye on him. Why?  From various perspectives, Herman Koch tells the dark tale of a writer in decline, a teenage couple in love, a missing teacher, and a single book that entwines all of their fates. Thanks

Natalie Cleary must risk her future and leap blindly into a vast unknown for the chance to build a new world with the boy she loves. Natalie’s last summer in her small Kentucky hometown is off to a magical start… until she starts seeing the “wrong things.” They’re just momentary glimpses at first- her front door is red instead of its usual green, there’s a pre-school where the garden store should be. But then her whole town disappears for hours, fading away into rolling hills and grazing buffalo, and Nat knows something isn’t right. That’s when she gets a visit from the kind but mysterious apparition she calls “Grandmother,” who tells her: “You have three months to save him.” The next night, under the stadium lights of the high school football field, she meets a beautiful boy named Beau, and it’s as if time just stops and nothing exists. Nothing, except Natalie and Beau. This book is unlike any other I’ve read. I can’t believe how long I’ve had it on my shelf without having read it. I