Stay by Allie Larkin

A light, delightful story about a twenty-something girl who is despondent over the marriage of her best friend to the man she loved.

Savannah goes home after the wedding celebration and gets drunk on Kool-Aid and vodka. She then decides to address her feelings of abandonment and purchases a dog over the internet. She names the dog Joe and together they develop a mutual admiration society.

A new love comes into Savannah’s life and she must make a decision as to what direction her life should take.

Great reading for a lazy day at the beach!

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The Shadow of Your Smile by Mary Higgins Clark

A gentle mystery—the kind that this author is noted for. She has never disappointed this reader. I’ve read everything she’s ever written, including her non-fiction memoir entitled Kitchen Privileges.

Her latest endeavor is all about a young pediatrician named Monica Farrell and her attempt to discover who her paternal grandparents were. An elderly lady has all the answers and wants to share them with Monica but unfortunately meets her demise before she can do so.

This is an interesting plot with many twists and turns and lots of unsavory characters.

If you are a die-hard Mary Higgins Clark fan, you must read this.

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The Ape House by Sara Gruen

I believe one of the marks of a good author is their ability to draw the reader in from the first few chapters. And so……Ape House by Sara Gruen is just such a book. From the beginning she is able to have the reader commit to the plight of the bonobos. Although I never heard of this species before, I found myself interested in them right from the get-go.

This is the story of a group of intelligent apes who are being studied in a facility. A bomb goes off and the apes are displaced. They end up being exploited by an unsavory individual. Isabele has a penchant for bonobos. She has been working with them for years and considers them family. She must do everything she can to save them from the possibility of destruction. She joins forces with a newspaper reporter and together they work to free the bonobos.

I discovered I cannot just walk away from this book. I fully intend on reading the other non-fiction books the author recommends. Not quite the phenomenon of “Water for Elephants” but a good book none-the-less.


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