Mini-Reviews: HEIDI'S GUIDE TO FOUR LETTER WORDS, THE WIVES, and I LEFT THE HOUSE TODAY

 A collection of mini-reviews, quick thoughts, and books worth mentioning. Check them out!

HEIDI'S GUIDE TO FOUR LETTER WORDS

by Tara Sivec and Andi Arndt 

Pages: 254

Source: Audible | Won in an Author Giveaway

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Synopsis (link to Goodreads)

Originally posted on other review outlets 12/14/2019

It's absolutely what I needed - a fun and hilarious romantic comedy. I highly recommend the audiobook - co-author and narrator Andi Arndt brings out the humor that just never stops. I'm so happy that I own this book and can listen to it again and again. And I think anyone who reads it will want to too.

THE WIVES

by Tarryn Fisher

Pages: 256

Source: Netgalley | Purchased

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Synopsis (link to Goodreads)

Originally posted on other review outlets 12/20/2019

This is the PERFECT book club selection. There's a reason why my book club continues to read Tarryn's books. We all need someone to talk us down, someone to talk us through, someone who'll be there lift our jaws up from the floor, and someone you can share the same awe and mystification right along with you.

Seriously, if you don't have a book club - join one, form one, get a friend to read this with you. THE WIVES is not safe to read alone.

I LEFT THE HOUSE TODAY

by Cassandra Calin

Pages: 144

Source: Netgalley 

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Synopsis (link to Goodreads)

Originally posted on other review outlets 6/14/2020

I really enjoyed this fun and quirky comic. The cover and title are what drew me to the book. Some days it' really is an accomplishment to leave the house and this book highlights that in a humorous and relatable way. It had me nodding in recognition and laughing and smiling while reading it. This would be a fun gift book for a friend or for yourself when you want a pick me up.

Review: BAD MOMMY by Tarryn Fisher

BAD MOMMY

by Tarryn Fisher

Publication Date: December 24, 2016

Published by

Pages: 292

Source: Purchased

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Synopsis

When Fig Coxbury buys a house on West Barrett Street, it's not because she likes the neighborhood, or even because she likes the house. It's because everything she desires is next door: The husband, the child, and the life that belongs to someone else. 

My Thoughts

I've never been more excited to read a Tarryn Fisher book than I was when I first heard about her new book, Bad Mommy. This book seems to have a slightly different tone than her other books that I've read and was excited to find out where she was taking the story. Early on I told a friend that it wasn't THAT twisted . . . YET. Oh, I just didn't even know. I love how her writing is both telling and deceptive and complicated all at the same time.

I read this for my book club and am looking forward to discussing, deciphering, and reliving this story with them. 

SO GOOD!!!

Disclaimer:  I purchased a copy of this title for my personal library and am providing my honest review.  I was not compensated in any way for providing this review. Thoughts and opinions are my own.

Book Club Discussion: Never Never by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher

Provisions and Paperbacks, my IRL book club, recently read Never Never by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher. As I said in my previous post (you can read it here), I want to share some thoughts and ideas brought up during the book club and bring my blog readers into the discussion.

Not yet, but there will be minor spoilers. You have been warned.

Never Never 

by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher

Published on January 7, 2015 

by Hoover Ink

140 pages

Best friends since they could walk. In love since the age of fourteen. 
Complete strangers since this morning. 
He'll do anything to remember. She'll do anything to forget. 

There will be minor spoilers. You have been warned.

Here are some thoughts shared during our book club discussion after reading Never Never:

• Most of have read books by Colleen Hoover but only one of us had read a book by Tarryn Fisher. We could recognize Colleen's writing style and voice, but were curious if the authors wrote for both characters.
• We liked the alternating chapters.
• This book was selected because of its brevity, but not everyone realized it was a novella that was part of a series. Those who knew didn't mind the cliffhanger ending. Others were frustrated but only because the next book wasn't available. This didn't determined if they liked the book or not.
• We discussed Charlie and Silas's relationships with their siblings and how they are completely opposite. There was a lot of drama with their family and want to know the history of their families.
• We all had theories about what was happening to the Charlie and Silas and why it happened. Was it something that they caused themselves? 
• And we all had so many questions, Like why will Silas do anything to remember and why will Charlie do anything to forget, and that made it very exciting to discuss. 
• Other questions: does the girl mentioned in the beginning of the book play a role later on in the story (in a future book) and what is it? Why is Charlie's room so barren and why does she did her personal things? Charlie's constant hunger was questionable - was this indicative of a larger issue?
• Things we loved: a certain video on Silas's phone, the tattoos, Silas's brother - Landon
• Favorite quote: "I don't care what our first real kiss was, he says. "That's the one I want to remember." I highlighted so many sections that I want to share here, but think it's best to not have too many spoilers and the reader can enjoy them as they read it.
• Overall it was an intense read, it raised levels of frustration and confusion but in a way that made it exciting to read and we're looking forward to the next novella in the series.
• I loved this book so much that I had to buy a physical copy to have on my shelf and reach for it to read my favorite parts whenever I want. 

I'd like to invite anyone to join in on the discussion and share your thoughts on NEVER NEVER!! Just leave your thoughts in the comments! Thanks