The Bookishreads Rating System
⭐⭐⭐ ½ – only okay; save your precious reading time for other books
⭐⭐⭐⭐– a great book, well worth reading
⭐⭐⭐⭐ ¼ – a fantastic book! Highly recommend.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ ½ – a truly wonderful book! VERY Highly recommend.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐– an absolutely incredible book!
Anything above 4 ½ stars I wish (oh, how I wish) I could start it again… not knowing just what a fabulous ride I’m in for!
Reviewed Books
A Jewish Girl in Paris - Melanie Levensohn
Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
And So I Roar - Abi Dare
Artifice - Sharon Cameron
A Terrible Kindness - Jo Browning Wroe
Carrie Soto is Back - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Dreaming of Flight - Catherine Ryan Hyde
Fairy Tale - Stephen King
Glory Over Everything - Kathleen Grissom
I Must Betray You - Ruta Sepetys
Long Shadows - David Baldacci
Shark Heart - Emily Habeck
Small Mercies - Dennis Lehane
Strange Sally Diamond - Liz Nugent
The Attic Child - Lola Jaye
The Book of Fire - Christy Lefteri
The Briar Club - Kate Quinn
The Family Remains - Lisa Jewell
The Girl with the Louding Voice - Abi Dare
The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
The Kitchen House - Kathleen Grissom
The Language of Hoofbeats - Catherine Ryan Hyde
The Librarian of Auschwitz - Antonio Iturbe
The Little Liar - Mitch Albom
The Midwife of Auschwitz - Anna Stuart
The Paris Agent - Kelly Rimmer
The Silent Wife - Karin Slaughter
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
We Were the Lucky Ones - Georgia Hunter