Tag: light read

  • Spoiler-Free Review: Hercule Poirot’s Christmas

    Spoiler-Free Review: Hercule Poirot’s Christmas

    An Eccentric millionaire wants to be reunited with all his estranged children at Christmastime. Oh boy, what wacky family, hi-jinks are going to ensue? What shenanigans you got planned, old man? old man? oh, he’s dead.

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  • Spoiler-Free Review: Remember Me?

    Spoiler-Free Review: Remember Me?

    The problem with giving yourself a pep talk is that deep down, you know it’s all bullshit

    Author: Sophie Kinsella

    During a girl’s night, the down on her luck (and single again) Lexi falls and hits her head. She wakes up years later with a amazing career and adoring husband. This isn’t a mistake, or a dream this IS Lexi’s life, Lexi has amnesia and has forgotten the last two years of her life. What changed? If only she could remember.

    I really like this book. It’s a fun light read with a fun element of mystery. You spend most of the book wondering why Lexi would make many of the choices that she did. When you finally find out the big change that happened in Lexi’s life, you understand why Lexi changed.

    I like the balance with Lexi’s husband, he’s not evil or abusive, but he has issues, but they can be worked on. It’s completely believable that pre-amnesia Lexi would start a relationship with this guy.

    This is a great summer beach read.

  • Spoiler-Free Review: Before The Coffee Gets Cold

    Spoiler-Free Review: Before The Coffee Gets Cold

    “We must become friends before this coffee cools.”

    Author: Toshika Kawaguchi

    Local legend tells of a coffee shop. If you sit in a particular seat and order a particular coffee, you can time travel to the past. The catch? There are two: 1) You can’t change the past. 2) you only have until the coffee gets cold.

    Nothing will change the past, but YOU can change. Only enough time for a conversation, but maybe you can finally make yourself understood by someone who matters to you.

    This is an anthology of interconnecting short stories about the staff and regulars of this strange little coffee shop. It’s about how using this strange time travel changes their lives, not by changing their past, but by changing their understanding of the past… and empowering them to change their future.

    This is the first in a series of books about the coffee shop, and I eagerly look forward to reading more!