2016 Book #27
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
She’s snarky and witty. No great thinking occurring while working through the book, but there were a few chuckles.
2016 Book #26
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This story, with its cameos from real-life musicians and anecdotes of historical events, is so thorough and believable that I found myself having to make conscious reminders throughout its chapters that this was a work of fiction and that Frankie Presto does not actually exist. Mitch sucks you into the magic of Frankie’s world via its unexpected narrator – music itself.
2016 Book #25
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
What can I say about this book? The format. The style. The small, creative touches. The story. That story. Everything. It was everything.
2016 Book #24
What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I’ll admit the first half of the book droned on for me, but at the halfway point things really turned around. The suspense finally picked up when the mother’s family history was revealed and only got better from there.