Adult Fiction

Andrea reviews THE END OF HER by Shari LaPena, Penguin Random House, 2020. This book is about the devil. No, […]

MEMPHIS READS: THE END OF HER by Shari LaPena

October 13, 2020 in Memphis Reads tagged Adult Fiction / Reviews by Andrea / Staff book reviews / Suspense / Thrillers

Andrea reviews LOCK EVERY DOOR by RIley Sager, Dutton, 2019. Jules Larsen has not had the easiest life by […]

MEMPHIS READS: LOCK EVERY DOOR by RILEY SAGER

July 21, 2020 in Memphis Reads tagged Adult Fiction / Horror / kidnapping / Mystery Fiction / Reviews by Andrea / Runaways / Satanism / Staff book reviews / Suspense / terrifying tales

Andrea reviews MY DARK VANESSA by Kate Elizabeth Russell, Harper Collins, 2020, 372 pages. It has been 17 […]

MEMPHIS READS: MY DARK VANESSA by KATE ELIZABETH RUSSELL

July 10, 2020 in Memphis Reads tagged #MeToo movement / Adult Fiction / Boarding schools / Lolita / Older men / relationships / Reviews by Andrea / Staff book reviews / Students / Teachers / Younger women

Andrea reviews THE BOY FROM THE WOODS by Harlan Coben, Grand Central Publishing, 2020, 371 pages. You know […]

MEMPHIS READS: THE BOY FROM THE WOODS by HARLAN COBEN

May 20, 2020 in Memphis Reads tagged Adult Fiction / bullies / kidnapping / military / mystery and suspense / Reviews by Andrea / Staff book reviews / teenagers

Andrea reviews DARLING ROSE GOLD by Stephanie Wrobel, Berkeley Press, 2020. “Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP) is a mental health problem in […]

MEMPHIS READS: DARLING ROSE GOLD by STEPHANIE WROBEL

April 28, 2020 in Memphis Reads tagged Adult Fiction / child abuse / Daughters / drama / Horror / mental disorders / Mothers / MSBP disorder / Reviews by Andrea / Staff book reviews / survivors / Victims

Sharon reviews Little Demon in the City of Light by Steven Levingston, Doubleday, 2014 333 pages Gabrielle is […]

MEMPHIS READS: LITTLE DEMON IN THE CITY OF THE ...

April 21, 2020 in Memphis Reads tagged Adult Fiction / France / Historical Fiction / hypnosis / murder mysteries / Paris / Reviews by Sharon / Staff book reviews

Sarah reviews Artemis, by Andy Weir, Crown Publishing Group, 2017, 305 pages, map included. You may have heard of The Martian, a […]

MEMPHIS READS: ARTEMIS by ANDY WEIR

April 17, 2020 in Memphis Reads tagged Adult Fiction / heroines / moon / outer space / planets / Reviews by Sara / Science Fiction / Staff book reviews

Sharon reviews FINAL SOLUTION by Michael Chabon, Harper Collins, 2004, 144 pages. The boy first came to the man’s […]

MEMPHIS READS: FINAL SOLUTION by Michael Chabon

April 11, 2020 in Memphis Reads tagged Adult Fiction / Mystery Fiction / Reviews by Sharon / Staff book reviews

Melissa reviews CRESCENT CITY by Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020, 816 pages. “That’s the point of it, Bryce. Of life. […]

MEMPHIS READS: CRESCENT CITY by Sarah J. Maas

April 4, 2020 in Memphis Reads tagged Adult Fiction / faeries / Fantasy / magic / reviews by Melissa / Staff book reviews

Sara reviews I AM LEGEND by Richard Matheson, RXR Books,1954. Robert Neville is an alcoholic, and given the […]

MEMPHIS READS: I AM LEGEND by Richard Matheson

April 3, 2020 in Memphis Reads tagged Adult Fiction / alcoholism / apocalypse / Classic literature / Horror / Reviews by Sara / social isolation / Staff book reviews / vampires / Will Smith

Sharon reviews Devils unto Dust by Emma Berquist, Greenwillow Books, 2018, 496 pages. Willie loves the lonesome beauty […]

MEMPHIS READS: DEVILS UNTO DUST by Emma Berquist

April 2, 2020 in Memphis Reads tagged Adult Fiction / Reviews by Sharon / sci-fi / Staff book reviews / Western fiction / Zombies

Andrea reviews REGRETTING YOU by Colleen Hoover, Montlake Publishing, 2019, 354 pages. The main theme of the latest […]

MEMPHIS READS: REGRETTING YOU: A Novel by Colleen Hoover

March 11, 2020 in Memphis Reads tagged accidents / Adult Fiction / Contemporary Romance / death / extramarital affairs / families / first love / guilt / mothers and fathers / Reviews by Andrea / teenagers / texting and driving

Melissa reviews THE ESCAPE ROOM by Megan Goldin, St. Martin’s Press, 2018, 356 pages. Escape rooms serve plenty […]

Memphis Reads: THE ESCAPE ROOM by Megan Goldin

February 10, 2020 in Memphis Reads tagged Adult Fiction / Memphis Reads / murder mysteries / Mystery / reviews by Melissa / Staff book reviews / stock brokers / Suspense / Wall Street

Andrea reviews MADE IN THE U.S.A.: a Novel by Billie Letts, 978-0-446-52901-3, Hatchette Book Group, 2008, 355 pages. […]

MEMPHIS READS: MADE IN THE USA by Billie Letts

December 30, 2019 in Memphis Reads tagged Adult Fiction / circus / families / homelessness / Mid-West / Reviews by Andrea / siblings / Staff book reviews / Young adults

Andrea reviews SAVING MEGHAN by D.J. Palmer, St.Martin’s Press, 2019, 369 pages. Munchausen Syndrome by proxy (as defined by UofM.org) is a […]

MEMPHIS READS: SAVING MEGHAN by D.J. Palmer

September 13, 2019 in Memphis Reads tagged Adult Fiction / child abuse / children / families / hospitals / mental disorders / Munchausen syndrome / Mystery / Reviews by Andrea / Suspense

Andrea reviews MY LOVELY WIFE by Samantha Downing, Penguin Random House, 2019, 372 pages. This debut novel by […]

MEMPHIS READS: MY LOVELY WIFE by Samantha Downing

September 12, 2019 in Memphis Reads tagged Adult Fiction / debut novel / extramarital affairs / families / marriage / Memphis Reads / murder mysteries / Mystery / Reviews by Andrea / Staff book reviews / Suspense

Andrea reviews ALL WE EVER WANTED by Emily Giffin, Random House, 2018. In the days of the #METOO movement, how […]

MEMPHIS READS: All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin

July 30, 2019 in Memphis Reads tagged #MeToo movement / Adult Fiction / families / parents / Reviews by Andrea / Staff book reviews / teenagers

Andrea reviews THE ADULTS by Caroline Hulse, Random House, 2018. This debut novel by Manchester native, Caroline Hulse, is […]

Andrea reviews THE ADULTS: A Novel by Caroline Hulse

February 19, 2019 in Memphis Reads tagged Adult Fiction / diversity / drama / families / Holiday / Reviews by Andrea / Staff book reviews