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.

Open Book

★★★★/5
Genre: Memoir
Read if you like: Pop Culture, Early 2000's, Female Memoirs, Celebrity Gossip

Open Book by Jessica Simpson was our Pittsburgh bookclub "bonus book" for April, and came highly recommended by one of my all-time besties Michelle. I don't usually read celebrity memoirs, but Michelle listened to the audiobook and loved it and we generally have similar taste so I decided to give it a go! I got my libro.fm copy from my favorite bookstore, Bethany Beach Books, and devoured it in a day and a half.

Dear Edward

★★★★/5
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Read if you like: Bel Canto (or anything by Ann Patchett)
Don't read if you get anxiety about traveling/flying - it'll only make it worse!

It's been a while since my last review and I'm happy to be back! I read Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano with my old Pittsburgh book club (we're discussing it via video) - I've really missed these ladies so I'm super excited that we're making it happen virtually!