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My Bookish Life Book Review: The Maid

       Hello and how are you guys? I hope you are all doing good! I've had a pretty good weekend so far. My husband and I went on a date yesterday and that was really nice! We went to this new cantina that's in town and they had really good food!         Now this morning I'm relaxing and I want to talk books with you guys! I'm about to make some coffee and then I will be ready to rock this review. Alright I'm back with my coffee so let's do this!  Title: The Maid Author: Nita Prose Pages: 304 Genre: Thriller/Mystery Rating: 3 stars Synopsis: Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and has trouble reading other peoples intentions. Her Gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules for Molly to live by. Since Gran died a few months ago 25-year-old Molly has been navigating life's complexities all by herself. She throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. Her unique character, along with her

My Bookish Life Book Review: The Swiss Family Robinson

   Hello and how are you guys? I hope you all are having a good day. I know it's been awhile since I have talked to you guys but it's been super crazy here. I just haven't had the time to do everything I have been wanting to do I'll be honest.       So I want to try to do this book review and hope it still turns out good because it's been a minute since I've read the book now. I have my coffee and I think this is the only chance I'm going to get to do this today so lets do this. That plus I want to try to have a good time! Title: The Swiss Family Robinson Author: Johann David Wyss Genre: fiction Pages: 328 Rating: 3 stars Synopsis: The Robinson's leave their home in Switzerland planning to settle half a world away. But things don't turn out as they expected. The sole survivors of a terrible shipwreck, they wash ashore to learn that the danger has only just begun. Their new world will test their courage, cleverness, endurance and faith as they struggl

My Bookish Life: My June TBR

      Hello! I hope you all are having a good day! My day has been pretty good so far! We have had a really fun weekend. My husband and I had a date day yesterday and we went to a new ramen shop. That was an interesting experience because I had never been to a ramen shop before. The food and drinks were good and I had fun! We also did some shopping which was fun!  We are just chilling at the house today. My husband is cooking some ribs on the smoker which will be really good for dinner. While I have some free time I decided I wanted to post my TBR for this month. It's pretty long but, I'm going to try to get it done! The first book I am reading this month is The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss. I'm reading it as part of The Ultimate Reading Challenge. My husband picked it to help me fill a prompt. It's pretty good so far! Next I'm going to be reading The Maid by Nita Prose. It's the book pick for our up-and-coming book club meeting so I really need to