The book Aliens in Disguise is about two kids named David and Amy. The grandmother owns a bed and breakfast called the Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast. It's a place where aliens can go for vacation on Earth. Their grandmother has to go away and they are in charge of the bed & breakfast. They have to make sure that nobody finds out that there are aliens staying there. I rate this book as five stars. It was a great read and definitely recommend.

Although I knew a little about the process of electing a new pope, this book filled in a lot of the blanks. It really portrayed the Cardinals as men who are not perfect but doing their best. Some were ambitious, others questioned their inability to make the right decision, some feeling doubts and lacking in their prayers. It keeps your attention to the end.

I don't know how to feel. I liked the short chapters and the experience they gave me, but I could not envision myself there. This one kind of just felt like words on paper to me, which is not bad, but I will not give it more than three stars. I liked the plot and the character dynamics in the book.

The Mirror House Girls is a story about a young woman who is down on her luck, but finds a friend in a group of seemingly fun people who look out for each other. However, is time goes on, she starts to see cracks in their lifestyle which makes her wonder if her mother is indeed right.

5 stars I decided to read the story then the introduction by Zadie Smith first and it was really insightful. This book is told in the perspective of Twyla and we see her and Roberta at the age of eight at shelter, years later in life, and a few after that. What we are told from the beginning is that one is black and one is white: the only way to tell the difference is based on their experiences and relationships. After reading Zadie Smith’s introduction, it really got my brain to thinking. Now I don’t want to spoil events in this short story so i’ll put it like this: Studies showed that white readers believe Twyla is white and black readers think vise versa. I believe she is passing. Roberta for sure I felt was black, based on descriptions of her, her mom and what she was doing. But the reason for feeling that Twyla is black, but white passing is due to descriptions of her mom wearing powder (which if you know about history on slaves, when they were gifted to the slave master’s daughter: to distinguish them from the field slaves they wore powders to make themselves lighter), her not knowing about Jimi Hendrix, her braiding Roberta’s hair. Small details I notice along the way and Zadie Smith’s insight as well. But in all this for sure is a 5 star read for me.

this book was actually a re-read and it was AMAZING <3 it was a quick, fun read and definitely a break from all the other books i've been reading with complicated vocabulary. it was easy to understand and i enjoyed noah's journey as he navigates through love and all the new relationships he finds

Julia Phillips's Bear focuses on 2 sisters, Samantha and Elena. Both sisters are stuck in low wage, menial jobs while taking care of their very sick mother. They grow up on an isolated island of the coast of Washington. As adults that glorious Northwest paradise has since turned into a depressing, bleak existence. When suddenly, almost magically a large, wild bear walks onto their property and changes everything.

this book literally broke me. I read "they both die at the end" and absolutely loved it, so I decided to read the prequel. I don't regret my decision, but OH MY GOD, this was an emotional rollercoaster. I like this book so much more than tbdate because there were more characters and they all tied into one another in some way.

This was an interesting story, an uplifting one surrounding the devasation of 9/11. What an amazing group of townspeople in Gander, Newfoundland that opened their hearts and their homes to the passengers of all the planes that were diverted there when the US airspace was closed.

Gripping tale of a Native American girl kidnapped at a young age and raised by a desperate woman and her family. Traces both families for decades.