Review: The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Published: July 2020

In 1918 in Ireland, they are going through the Great Flu Pandemic. Nurse Julia is in charge of the expectant mothers who have this awful disease. While the disease ravished the country and the world, Julia with the help of inexperienced Bridie, tries to help these mothers the best she can. Full of sadness and a little close to home right now, I don't think I was truly ready for this book.

100 years ago, our world went through a pandemic which is now just the flu. A vaccine was eventually created for this that needs to be taken annually. Just this past year we have gone through another pandemic of Coronavirus or COVID-19.

This book isn't quite what I was expecting it to be. The focus was mainly on women who were pregnant with the disease. Will they survive? Will their children? Will the nurses and doctors that are caring for them? Even though I didn't live back when this story took place, I could definitely put myself in this story with what is going on in our world right now.

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Audio Book Review: I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney

I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Published: April 2019

Aimee Sinclair's whole world is turned upside down, when one day her husband turns up missing. Someone is framing her for what has happened to him and she doesn't know who or why they would be doing it. She keeps receiving post cards in the mail addressed to her saying, "I Know Who You Are", but who could possibly know about her past. Plus there is a woman who is stalking her, who looks like she could be her twin. Why is all of this happening and what can be done to stop it?

I have been looking forward to reading or listening to this book ever since it was released. This book was full of twists and turns that head me on the edge of my seat and dying to find out what was going to happen next.

What would you do if you came home from work and found all of your husband's things at home, but he was not there. You know he never leaves home without his phone. Even though you all had an argument the night before, you don't know where he could be or what could have happened. But the police think you are the reason he is missing, but you know someone has to be framing you, you couldn't have done the things they said. But when a body is discovered in the back yard, what then?

This book will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish.

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Review: Seven Letters by JP Monninger

Seven Letters by J.P. Monninger
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Published: Oct. 2019
 

Kate Moreton is a professor at Darthmouth. She is writing about her Irish heritage as a part of her doctoral dissertation and decides to take the semester and spend it in Ireland to do the research she needs to do on the Blasket Islands and the people who used to live there. What she isn't expecting is to fall in love with the place as well as a certain American who also lives there, Ozzie Ferriter. Their romance is fast paced. Will their love be able to last over the oceans or will one of them make a sacrifice for them to be together.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the opportunity to read and review this book.

This was definitely a slow read for me. Overall the story was very bland. Girl does work in Ireland, girl meets boy, boy is mysterious, boy and girl fall in love, what happens next ... The whole story is very slow paced even though it covers a few years. I didn't find myself investing in the characters or the story as a whole. I have read one other book by JP Monninger, a  Map That Leads to You, and that one was a bit more interesting.

What would you do if you met a man who seemed perfect for you, but he lived a world away. Would you give up the life you've known to be with him or would you find a way for you all to be together? That is the dilemma Kate faces when she meets Ozzie. Will she stay in her native land or return to her home? Is Ozzie really the man that she thinks he is or is his past holding him back from being the man he could be? Can you change someone to be the person you want them to be or do you have to accept them for who they are? All of these are questions that will be answered in the book.



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