The Bookishreads Rating System
⭐⭐⭐ ½ – only okay; save your precious reading time for other books
⭐⭐⭐⭐– a great book, well worth reading
⭐⭐⭐⭐ ¼ – a fantastic book! Highly recommend.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ ½ – a truly wonderful book! VERY Highly recommend.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐– an absolutely incredible book!
Anything above 4 ½ stars I wish (oh, how I wish) I could start it again… not knowing just what a fabulous ride I’m in for!
Reviewed Books
All the Colors of the Dark - Chris Whitaker
Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
And So I Roar - Abi Dare
Artifice - Sharon Cameron
Attic Child, The - Lola Jaye
Beartown - Fredrik Backman
Book of Fire, The - Christy Lefteri
Briar Club, The - Kate Quinn
Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett, The - Annie Lyons
Calamity of Souls, A - David Baldacci
Carrie Soto is Back - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Crow Mary - Kathleen Grissom
Dreaming of Flight - Catherine Ryan Hyde
Dust Child - Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Fairy Tale - Stephen King
Fall of Marigolds, A - Susan Meissner
Family Remains, The - Lisa Jewell
Fountains of Silence, The - Ruta Sepetys
Girl with the Louding Voice, The - Abi Dare
Glory Over Everything - Kathleen Grissom
God of Small Things, The - Arundhati Roy
Ground Zero - Alan Gratz
Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi
I Must Betray You - Ruta Sepetys
Jewish Girl in Paris, A - Melanie Levensohn
Kitchen House, The - Kathleen Grissom
Language of Hoofbeats, The - Catherine Ryan Hyde
Librarian of Auschwitz, The - Antonio Iturbe
Little Liar, The - Mitch Albom
Lola in the Mirror - Trent Dalton
Long Shadows - David Baldacci
Maureen - Rachel Joyce
Midwife of Auschwitz, The - Anna Stuart
My Friends - Fredrik Backman
Paris Agent, The - Kelly Rimmer
Prayer for Owen Meany, A - John Irving
Shark Heart - Emily Habeck
Silent Wife, The - Karin Slaughter
Small Mercies - Dennis Lehane
Strange Sally Diamond - Liz Nugent
Teacher, The - Freida McFadden
Terrible Kindness, A - Jo Browning Wroe
This is Why We Lied - Karin Slaughter
Us Against You - Fredrik Backman
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
We Were the Lucky Ones - Georgia Hunter
Weyward - Emilia Hart
What Happened to Nina? - Dervla McTiernan
Winners, The - Fredrik Backman
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