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The Guest List by Lucy Foley
"I've learned by now that there are currents in this place that somehow find their way inside, despite closed doors and shut windows....
Sarah Williamson
May 7, 20202 min read
The Cruelest Month Chief Inspector Gamache Book #3 by Louise Penny
This is the 3rd Inspector Armand Gamache book I have read this year and so far my favorite of the series! Inspector Gamache is called in...
Sarah Williamson
May 4, 20202 min read
The River Peter Heller
“He heard a loon call, piercing and forlorn, and it poured into his spirit like cool water. It was a sad cry and he realized as he...
Sarah Williamson
May 2, 20202 min read
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
"You look disappointed," Maeve said. "Do I?" I leaned back in the booth. "This isn't disappointment." We had made a fetish out of our...
Sarah Williamson
May 2, 20202 min read
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
"Death is a strange thing. People live their whole lives as if it doesn't exist, and yet it's often one of the great motivations for...
Sarah Williamson
May 2, 20202 min read
The Animators Kayla Rae Whittaker
“Anything that makes you in that way, anything that makes you hurt and hungry in that way, is worth investigating. No matter how...
Sarah Williamson
May 2, 20202 min read
My Sister, the Serial Killer
“The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a...
Sarah Williamson
May 2, 20202 min read
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
“…at some point in a woman’s life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time. After that, she is free to become whoever she truly...
Sarah Williamson
May 2, 20203 min read
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
“Who knows what else tomorrow will bring? So, I nod my head yes, because it is true, the future is always working, always busy unfolding...
Sarah Williamson
May 2, 20202 min read
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #1) by Louise Penny
I have used cozy mystery books as a sort of refuge since I was in middle school. I read most of Nancy Drew and then moved on to Jenny...
Sarah Williamson
May 2, 20202 min read
Dominicana by Angie Cruz
“A man doesn’t know what he thinks until a woman makes him think it.” This is the story of Ana, a 15 year old girl living in the...
Sarah Williamson
May 2, 20202 min read
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
"People often mistake numbness for nothingness, but numbness isn’t the absence of feelings; it’s a response to being overwhelmed by too...
Sarah Williamson
May 2, 20201 min read
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
"I hate Evelyn, but I think I like her very much. I wish she never existed, and yet I can't help but admire her a great deal." This is...
Sarah Williamson
May 2, 20202 min read
Circe by Madeline Miller
“But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a...
Sarah Williamson
May 2, 20202 min read
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
"As you will see, its an incredible story of that there is no doubt. Whether you believe it or not is up to you." I am so riled up after...
Sarah Williamson
May 1, 20203 min read
Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
"I used to wear the word count of my first novel on a cheap gold bracelet around my wrist: 82,311 was etched into it, and every time I...
Sarah Williamson
May 1, 20203 min read
A Fatal Grace (Chief Inspector Gamache Book # 2) by Louise Penny
‘Let it go. You have your own life. Not Uncle Saul’s, not your parents’.’ His face had grown very serious then, his eyes searching. ‘You...
Sarah Williamson
May 1, 20202 min read
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
"Here's to The Untamed : May we know them. May we raise them. May we love them. May we read them. May we elect them. May we be them."...
Sarah Williamson
May 1, 20202 min read
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
"I mean, I get that the universe whirls in mysterious yada yada, but wouldn't you rather travel the world?" "No, I'd rather stay home and...
Sarah Williamson
May 1, 20202 min read
Recursion by Blake Crouch
"It is the lonely hour of the night, one with which he is all too familiar—when the city sleeps but you don’t, and all the regrets of...
Sarah Williamson
May 1, 20202 min read
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