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REVIEW: The People We Hate at the Wedding by Grant Ginder

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The People We Hate at the Wedding by Grant Ginder Audiobook Narrated by Dan Bittner and Khristine Hvam My rating: .5 out of 5 Stars Synopsis Paul and Alice’s half-sister Eloise is getting married! In London! There will be fancy hotels, dinners at “it” restaurants and a reception at a country estate complete with tea lights and embroidered cloth napkins. They couldn’t hate it more. The People We Hate at the Wedding is the story of a less than perfect family. Donna, the clan’s mother, is now a widow living in the Chicago suburbs with a penchant for the occasional joint and more than one glass of wine with her b...

REVIEW: The Girl Before by Rena Olsen

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The Girl Before by Rena Olsen Audiobook Narrated by Brittany Pressley My rating: 5 out of 5 Stars Synopsis In this powerful psychological suspense debut, when a woman’s life is shattered, she is faced with a devastating question: What if everything she thought was normal and good and true . . . wasn’t? Clara Lawson is torn from her life in an instant. Without warning, her home is invaded by armed men, and she finds herself separated from her beloved husband and daughters. The last thing her husband yells to her is to say nothing. In chapters that alternate between past and present, the novel slowly unpeels the layers of Clara’s fractured life. We see her growi...

REVIEW: The Lake House by Kate Morton

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The Lake House by Kate Morton Audiobook Narrated by Caroline Lee My rating: 2.5 out of 5 Stars Synopsis June 1933, and the Edevane family's country house, Loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the much-anticipated Midsummer Eve party. Alice Edevane, sixteen years old and a budding writer, is especially excited. Not only has she worked out the perfect twist for her novel, she's also fallen helplessly in love with someone she shouldn't have. But by the time midnight strikes and fireworks light up the night skies, the Edevane family will have suffered a loss so great that they leave Loeanneth forever. Seventy years later in the attic writing ...

REVIEW: Meet the Frugalwoods by Elizabeth Willard Thames

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Meet the Frugalwoods by Elizabeth Willard Thames Audiobook Narrated by Ann Marie Gideon My rating: 0 out of 5 Stars Synopsis The 'deeply personal' story of how award-winning personal finance blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames abandoned a successful career in the city and embraced frugality to create a more meaningful, purpose-driven life, and retire to a homestead in the Vermont woods at age thirty-two with her husband and daughter. Meet the Frugalwoods is the intriguing story of how Elizabeth and Nate realized that the mainstream path wasn't for them, crafted a lifestyle of sustainable frugality, and reached financial independence at age thirty-two....

SPOILERS: The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy

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The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy Audiobook Narrated by Cristin Milioti Full Summary with Spoilers and Ending Disclaimer Personally, I have always been a fan of spoilers! I am the type who starts with the last pages of a book first, reads the synopsis of a movie while I am watching it and constantly checks Reality Steve before and during any Bachelor franchise show. I like spoilers and find that 98% of the time they enhance my enjoyment and appreciation of the book/movie/tv show rather than hinder it. Based on my own extensive spoiler googling I believe there are other people out there who enjoy these spoilers as much as I do, so I am posting these full spoilers for them. At this time I have decided to only post spoilers for ...