The first week of January, I ended up working on a very repetitive project that required almost no brain power. In order to remain somewhat sane and awake, I listened to 3 full audiobooks while working. Here are some quick thoughts about them : * * * The Collective by Alison Gaylin Narration : Vivienne Leheny Genre : Thriller Stand alone About the Book  : Camille Gardner is a grieving—and angry—mother who, five years after her daughter’s...

Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena Genre : Thriller Stand alone About the Book  : In this family, everyone is keeping secrets–especially the dead. Brecken Hill in upstate New York is an expensive place to live. You have to be rich to have a house there. And they don’t come much richer than Fred and Sheila Mercer. But even all their money can’t protect them when a killer comes to call. The Mercers are brutally murdered the...

Such a Quiet Place by Megan Miranda Genre : Thriller Stand alone About the Book  : Hollow’s Edge used to be a quiet place. A private and idyllic neighborhood where neighbors dropped in on neighbors, celebrated graduation and holiday parties together, and looked out for one another. But then came the murder of Brandon and Fiona Truett. A year and a half later, Hollow’s Edge is simmering. The residents are trapped, unable to sell their homes,...

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry Genre : Contemporary Romance Stand alone About the Book  : Poppy and Alex have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart—she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown—but every summer, for a decade, they have taken...

Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane Genre : Thriller Stand alone About the Book  : Lila Ridgefield lives in an idyllic college town, but not everything is what it seems. Lila isn’t what she seems. A student vanished months ago. Now, Lila’s husband, Aaron, is also missing. At first these cases are treated as horrible coincidences until it’s discovered the student is really the third of three unexplained disappearances over the last few...

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Genre : Contemporary Romance Stand alone About the Book  : First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz is the closest thing to a prince this side of the Atlantic.  International socialite duties do have downsides—namely, when photos of a confrontation with his longtime nemesis Prince Henry at a royal wedding leak to the tabloids and threaten American/British relations. The plan for damage control:...

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Genre : Fiction, Magical Realism Stand alone About the Book  : Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our...

In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren Genre : Contemporary romance Stand alone About the Book  : It’s the most wonderful time of the year… but not for Maelyn Jones. She’s living with her parents, hates her going-nowhere job, and has just made a romantic error of epic proportions. But perhaps worst of all, this is the last Christmas Mae will be at her favorite place in the world—the snowy Utah cabin where she and her family have spent every...