Summer Reading Reviews 2023

We’re sharing some of your reviews of your Summer Reading 2023 books here–you may find ideas for your next read. Looking for more ideas? Take a look at reviews from 2022, too!

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Updated August 26, 2023
Libraries of Middlesex Automation Consortium Scotch Plains Public Library
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Bad luck and trouble
Child, Lee
Paper Book
From a helicopter high above the empty California desert, a man is sent free-falling into the night…. In Chicago, a woman learns that an elite team of ex–army investigators is being hunted down one by one.... And on the streets of Portland, Jack Reacher—soldier, cop, hero—is...

5 STARS

Reacher uses his brains & brawn along with some of his former elite team to thwart a terrorist plot. Hard to believe how he overcomes near impossible odds.

https://www.katherineclarke.com/

All about architecture and the super rich. The book is a bit long. If you’ve ever wondered about the super tall residential buildings on NYC’s skyline, this is your book! I enjoyed learning about this.

-Amy J.

Carrie Soto is back : a novel
Reid, Taylor Jenkins
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "An epic adventure about a female athlete perhaps past her prime, brought back to the tennis court for one last grand slam" (Elle), from the author of Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

4 STARS

Ni dang xiang niao fei wang ni de shan = Educated : a memoir
Westover, Tara
Paper Book

5 STARS

Tara Westover writes a memoir about her life as part of an ultra conservative family. Her parents do not trust the government. Their children are born at home and do not have a birth certificate. The parents do not believe in sending their children to school but have them work in the family’s junkyard instead. Tara wants to be educated and is admitted to BYU without a high school diploma. Her education then takes her Cambridge. This memoir shows how a person can persevere and achieve their dreams against all odds.

The house in the pines : a novel
Reyes, Ana
Paper Book
An instant New York Times bestseller! "This is an absolute, can't-put-it-down thriller. . . . It's truly a wild ride that had me flying through chapter after chapter--which I think is the perfect way to kick off your year of reading."--Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club Pick...

3 STARS

Somewhat interesting plot but was fairly easy to guess what was going to happen. A lot of the story lines seem left open.

-Anonymous

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/60661466

4 STARS

I’m a sucker for any story about a lighthouse, and I enjoyed imagining the setting of this small island with a close knit set of families working the lighthouse. The characters felt thin to me and the mystery surrounding them was a bit overdone. Worth it for the lighthouse though. :)

-Amy J.

Someone else's shoes
Moyes, Jojo
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "Very few authors have the power to make you laugh on one page and cry on the next. Moyes is one of them." --The New York Times A story of mix-ups, mess-ups and making the most of second chances, this is the new...

5 STARS

Wow! This book had me hooked right from the beginning & only got better right up to the end. It tells the hard luck stories of 2 very different women & how their meeting under extremely antagonist circumstances enriches their lives & those around them.


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