Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Pages : 445 Genre :  YA, Contemporary fiction Stand alone My Rating : 4.5/5 About the Book  : Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan . . . But for Cath, being a fan is her life — and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving. Reading....

Wife 22 by Melanie Gideon Pages : 370 Genre :  Contemporary Fiction Stand alone My Rating : 3.5/5 From the back of the book  : Maybe it was because I was about to turn the same age my mother was when I lost her. Maybe it was because my husband and I were running out of things to say to each other. But when the online study called “Marriage in the 21st Century” showed up in my inbox, I had no idea it would change my life. It...

This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith Pages : 416 Genre : YA, Contemporary fiction Stand Alone My Rating : 4/5 From the back of the book  : If fate sent you an email, would you answer? When teenage movie star Graham Larkin accidentally sends small town girl Ellie O’Neill an email about his pet pig, the two seventeen-year-olds strike up a witty and unforgettable correspondence, discussing everything under the sun,...

The Glass Wives by Amy Sue Nathan Pages : 288 Genre : Fiction Stand alone My Rating : 3,5/5 From the back of the book : When a tragic car accident ends the life of Richard Glass, it also upends the lives of Evie and Nicole, and their children. There’s no love lost between the widow and the ex. In fact, Evie sees a silver lining in all this heartache—the chance to rid herself of Nicole once and for all. But Evie wasn’t counting on...

Just What Kind of Mother Are You? by Paula Daly Pages : 320 Genre : Mystery Stand alone My Rating : 4/5 What it’s about : With three children and a full time job, Lisa has little time left to breath. It is not rare for her to feel like she is failing as a wife, a friend, and a mother. Then her best friend’s teen daughter disappears while in her care, and all of her insecurities are confirmed by this one fatal mistake....

The Smart One by Jennifer Close Pages : 340 Genre : Fiction Stand alone My Rating : 3/5 What it’s about : Weezy’s children aren’t doing too good, it seems; her oldest daughter quit her nursing career for a managing job at J.crew, while her other daughter came back home heavy with debts after breaking off her engagement. Her son, the youngest of the kids, is still in college and acting very secretive. Even though they...

The Comfort of Lies by Randy Susan Meyers Pages : 336 Genre : Contemporary Fiction Stand Alone My Rating : 3/5 From the back of the book : Three women, three different lives filled with lies. Years ago, Tia, Caroline and Juliette all had to take some difficult decisions, choices that, unknown to them, would forever link them together. Now five years have passed, and they have to face what their lives have become : loss, treason, broken...

The Pretty One by Lucinda Rosenfeld Pages : 320 Genre : Women Fiction Stand Alone My Rating : 2/5 From the back of the book : Perfect. Pretty. Political. For nearly forty years, The Hellinger sisters of Hastings-on-Hudson have played the roles set down by their loving but domineering mother Carol. Perri, a mother of three, rules her four-bedroom palace in Westchester with a velvet fist, managing to fold even fitted sheets into...