I adore Dani Shapiro's voice and can't wait to read more by her. Earlier this year I read her memoir called Devotion, which chronicled a spiritual crisis that she was experiencing. Inheritance was the perfect follow-up to Devotion.

This was another book that reminded me that we all go to the grave with secrets that have the potential to rock the worlds of our children and families - make them question everything they thought they knew. What incredible lives we live!

Jennifer McMahon always creeps me out! I had to take this one very slowly because the images were horrifying. I loved this spin on a haunted house and can't wait until this author publishes again!

I couldn't decide between 3 and 4 stars, but went with 4 because the book was quite funny. It was also a wonderful book of self-discovery and learning to embrace the world as it is, rather than how we want it to be. There was a lovely little romance that bloomed slowly and naturally, which was a nice change. But for me, Eleanor Oliphant wasn't exactly a page turner and I wasn't as enthralled with it as other readers. It's hard to put my finger on why.

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I'm also a bit over the disembodied voice trope. Have we learned nothing since The Sixth Sense? If there is ever a disembodied voice, then the person is dead. It's obvious and never a surprise.

I'm glad that I stuck with this series! Griffiths perfectly captures what it's like to be a working mom - never feeling like you can give 100% at home or at work. There was also a fun WWII storyline in this novel that I enjoyed. I'm looking forward to the next!

This book was perfect to read during the sweltering days of summer - it's such a good match for the beautiful and tragic streets of Havana. This book tells us the parallel stories of Marisol and Elisa. Elisa grew up in Cuba before Castro took office. Before Castro, her family owned a successful business selling sugar and rubbed shoulders with the powerful and elite in Havana. After Castro took over, Elisa's family fled the island and moved to Florida. Marisol was raised by Elisa, her grandmother. After Elisa's death, Marisol visits Cuba for the first time to spread Elisa's ashes somewhere on the island and learns so much about her grandmother, Cuba, and herself.

I enjoyed this book because I knew practically nothing about the Cuban revolution and have read NOTHING about life on the island. I got a bit bored with all of the love stories but kept reading for the history of the island. However, I AM looking forward to the sequel, which looks like it will give us more information about the juicy tidbit Aunt Beatriz dropped in the last chapter of this book!

What a satisfying mystery! This book is from the perspective of three women: Clare Cassidy, a literature teacher; Harbinder Kaur, a detective; and Georgia Newton, Clare's teenage daughter. Clare teaches at a British high school that used to be a creepy old mansion owned by a creepy old writer. Suddenly, someone starts murdering Clare's coworkers. I suspected a ton of characters and was pleased with the way the mystery unfolded!

I really liked all three of the women featured in this novel! It was interesting to see the investigation through each of their eyes and Griffiths cleverly crafted a structure that was unique and eye-opening.