The Midwest Blonde

Ariadne  By: Jennifer Saint  Released: May 4th, 2021   Pages: 308 My Rating: 4/5  Goodreads Synopsis:  As princesses of Crete and daughters of the fearsome King Minos, Ariadne and her sister Phaedra grow up hearing the hoofbeats and bellows of the Minotaur echo from the Labyrinth beneath the palace. The Minotaur - Mino's greatest shame and Ariadne's brother demands blood every year.   When These…

Pachinko  By: Min Jin Lee  Released: February 7th, 2017   Pages: 496 My Rating: 5/5  Goodreads Synopsis:  In the early 1900's, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a cripples fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant - and that her lover is married - she refuses to be bought. Instead, she accep…

We Are the Brennans  By: Tracey Lange  Released: August 3rd, 2021   Pages: 288 My Rating: 4/5  Goodreads Synopsis:  When twenty-nine-year-old Sunday Brennan wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital, bruised and battered after a drunk night driving accident she caused, she swallows her pride and goes home to her family in New York. But it's not easy. She deserted them all - and her high school sweetheart …

Sex and Vanity  By: Kevin Kwan Released: July 14th, 2020   Pages: 336 My Rating: 4/5  Goodreads Synopsis:  On her very first morning on the jewel-like Island of Capri, Lucie Churchill sets eyes on George Zao and she instantly can't stand him. She can't stand it when he gallantly offers to trade hotel rooms with her so that she can have the view of the Tyrrhenian Sea, she can't stand that he…

Beach Read By: Emily Henry   Released: May 19th, 2020  Pages: 361 My Rating: 5/5  Goodreads Synopsis:  Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.  They're polar opposites.  In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they're living in t…

Survive the Night  By: Riley Sager Released: June 29th, 2021   Pages: 336 My Rating: 3.5/5  Goodreads Synopsis:  It's November 1991. George H. W. Bush is in the White House, Nirvana's in the tape deck, and movie-obsessed college student Charlie Jordan is in a car with a man who might be a serial killer.  Josh Baxter, the man behind the wheel, is a virtual stranger to Charlie. They met at the cam…

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It  By: Elle Cosimano    Released: February 2nd, 2021   Pages: 368 My Rating: 4/5  Goodreads Synopsis:  Finlay Donpvan is killing it... except, she's really not. She's a stressed-out-single-mom of two and struggling novelist, Finlay's life is in chaos: the new book she promised her literary agent isn't written, her ex-husband fired the nanny without telling her…

Half Sick of Shadows By: Laura Sebastian    Released: July 16th, 2021   Pages: 448 My Rating: 3/5  Goodreads Synopsis:  Everyone knows the legend. Of Athur, destined to be a king. Of the beautiful Guinevere, who will betray him with his most loyal knight, Lancelot. Of the bitter sorceress, Morgana, who will turn against them all. But tElaine alone carries the burden of knowing what is to come--for Elai…

The Maidens  By: Alex Michaelides Released: June 15th, 2021   Pages: 352 My Rating: 4/5  Goodreads Synopsis:  Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike - particularly by the members of a secret society of female students know as The Maidens.  Mari…

Last Tang Standing  By: Lauren Ho  Released: June 9th, 2020   Pages: 416 My Rating: 4/5  Goodreads Synopsis:  At thirty-three, Andrea Tang is living the dream: she has a successful career as a lawyer, a posh condo, and a clutch of fun-loving friends who are always in the know about Singapore's hottest clubs and restaurants. All she has to do is make partner at her law firm and she will have achieve…