Accused – Book Review
Accused: A Rosato & DiNunzio Novel by Lisa Scottoline Summary: Mary DiNunzio has just been promoted to partner and is about to take on her most unusual case yet. Allegra Gardner’s sister, Fiona, was murdered six …
Tag: Fiction
Memoirs of a Geisha – Book + Movie Review
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden Summary: At the age of nine, Chiyo Sakamoto is taken from her home and sold to an okiya in Gion, Kyoto’s most prominent geisha district. She enters a world …
The Mothers – Book Review
The Mothers by Brit Bennett Summary: During the summer before college, Nadia Turner mourns her mother’s recent suicide while hooking up with the local pastor’s son and former football star, Luke Sheppard, and by befriending Aubrey, …
The Hate U Give – Book Review
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Summary: Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Everyone wants to know what really went down …
The Enlightenment of Bees – Book Review
The Enlightenment of Bees by Rachel Linden Summary: At 26, Mia West has her entire life planned out, but those future plans crumble when her boyfriend Ethan breaks up with Mia instead of proposing after six …
Swing Time – Book Review
Swing Time by Zadie Smith Summary: Two brown girls dream of being dancers, but only Tracey has talent. It’s a close but complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in their early twenties, never to be revisited, …
The Kiss Quotient – Book Review
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang Summary: Stella Lane loves her job where she comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases, but that passion leaves her with almost zero experience in the dating department and …
Crazy Rich Asians – Book Review
Crazy Rich Asians Series by Kevin Kwan Summary: Crazy Rich Asians – The relaxing summer in Singapore Rachel Chu envisions with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, falls apart the minute she steps off the plane. Their vacation …
A Wrinkle in Time – Book + Movie Review
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle Summary: On a dark and stormy night, Meg Murry, her younger brother Charles Wallace, and their mother receive an unexpected visit by a disturbing stranger. Meg’s father mysteriously disappeared …
Lovesick: A YA Novel about True Love
A Writer’s Humble Beginnings My writing career began as the resident playwright for the Anderson Street Little Theater in Tacoma, Washington. The venue, a neighbor’s garage. I was also the in-house director and leading lady. …