Home Before Dark

★★☆/5

Genre: Thriller
Read if you like: Lock Every Door, All The Missing Girls⁣
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This is another delayed post as I finished Home Before Dark by Riley Sager a few weeks ago. I got the ARC and have been meaning to share my thoughts- so here we are!⁣
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Americanah

★★★★☆/5

Genre: Contemporary Fiction⁣
Read if you like: An American Marriage, Becoming⁣
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This post is a little delayed, but I finished Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche while wrapping up another Forth of July weekend, and it was book that felt pretty fitting around the holiday this year.
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The Glass Hotel

★★★★✹/5

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Read if you love: Cloud Atlas, Station 11
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“Does a person have to be admirable or awful?”⁣
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The Glass Hotel by Emily St John-Mandel is one of the best books I’ve read this year. The story was crafted beautifully, and I finished feeling like I had read something poignant and substantial.⁣
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28 Summers

★★★★/5

Genre: Chic-Lit, Beach Read

Read if you like: SUMMER! Dorthea Benton Frank, any of Elin's other books

Well, it's official - summer is finally here! The proof? Elin Hilderbrand released her new book, 28 Summer today, and it's the perfect definition of a summer beach read! 

White Fragility

★★★★★/5

Hi guys! We've been a little quieter on our blog than we originally planned to be this past week. With the events surrounding the deaths of George Floyd & Breonna Taylor and resulting protests, it felt important to step away from our normal social media activity and reflect on everything that is going on.

A Good Marriage

★★★☆/5

Genre: Mystery/Thriller

Read If You Like: The Woman in the Window

A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight was by Book of the Month club pick for May and my first time using the service. I chose this book because I was in the mood for a fun thriller/mystery and I had also seen that Nicole Kidman's production company, Blossom Films, would be producing it at some point in the future. I am so happy I went with this pick!

(Durham) Carolina in My Mind

Have you ever had a yearning for something you didn’t know you had a yearning for? I think that best summarizes this week’s Cook Nerd post. The current environment has us reflecting on this time of year and what typically comes with it: graduations, LDOC’s (if you know, you know), and college lacrosse post-seasons. For us these are all captured fondly by our time in Durham, NC at Duke. In our theme of recreating dishes from our favorite eateries, we took a (remote) culinary trip to an all-time favorite/brunch staple - Nosh.