The Good Girl

The Good Girl by Mary Kubica Published by Harlequin MIRA on Jul. 29, 2014 Genre(s): Fiction, Suspense, Mystery, Thriller Format: Audiobook/Kindle Pages: 352  Goodreads synopsis:  I've been following her for the past few days. I know where she buys her groceries, where she works. I don't know the color of her eyes or what they look like when she's scared. But I will. One night, Mia Dennett enters a bar to meet her on-again, off-again boyfriend. But when he doesn't show, she unwisely leaves with an enigmatic stranger. At first Colin Thatcher seems like a safe one-night stand. But following Colin home will turn out to be the worst mistake of Mia's life. When Colin decides to hide Mia in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota instead of delivering her to his employers,...

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The Night Circus

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Published by Doubleday in Sep. 13, 2011 Genre(s): Historical, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction Format: Audiobook/Kindle Pages: 400 Goodreads synopsis:  The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices plastered on lampposts and billboards. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within these nocturnal black-and-white striped tents awaits an utterly unique, a feast for the senses, where one can get lost in a maze of clouds, meander through a lush garden made of ice, stare in wonderment as the tattooed contortionist folds herself into a small glass box, and become deliciously tipsy from the scents of caramel and cinnamon that waft through the air. Welcome to Le Cirque des Rêves. Beyond...

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South and West by Joan Didion

South and West by Joan Didion Published by Knopf Publishing Group on Mar. 7, 2017 Genre(s): Nonfiction, Essays, Memoir, Travel Format: Kindle Pages: 160 Goodreads synopsis:  From the best-selling author of the National Book Award-winning The Year of Magical Thinking two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks--writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. Joan Didion has always kept notebooks: of overheard dialogue, observations, interviews, drafts of essays and articles--and here is one such draft that traces a road trip she took with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, in June 1970, through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. She interviews prominent local figures, describes motels,...

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