by envisionmg | Nov 28, 2022 | Alissa Reviews, Fiction
Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting is told from multiple perspectives, from the viewpoints of a group of strangers who ride the train every day, yet never interact. They have all noticed each other, and even have nicknames for each person, based on their...
by envisionmg | Nov 14, 2022 | Alissa Reviews, Fiction
I spent the week before Elin Hilderbrand’s latest novel came out trying to arrange my reading schedule to finish a book the night before The Hotel Nantucket showed up on my Kindle. I miscalculated, as always, but I came close. I really enjoyed The Hotel Nantucket, but...
by envisionmg | Oct 31, 2022 | Alissa Reviews, Fantasy, Fiction
If you like sweet, uplifting stories, and you like books with a little magic sprinkled in, I highly recommend The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna. Mika Moon was orphaned young, as most witches are, due to a centuries-old spell-gone-haywire....
by envisionmg | Sep 12, 2022 | Alissa Reviews
This is a sweet, lovely and engaging story about Esme Nash, who moves to New York City seven years after she had planned to move there with her college boyfriend, Liam. Before graduating college, Esme and Liam had found an apartment and landed jobs in New York City....
by envisionmg | Sep 5, 2022 | Alissa Reviews
In this novel, Meg moves to New York City with her husband and two young children. They have moved from Los Angeles into a borrowed Tribeca loft when Meg’s husband, Iliya, gets a promotion as the head of global membership of a private club. Meg is a copywriter, and...
by envisionmg | Aug 31, 2022 | Alissa Reviews
I love this book, and I can assure you that you do not have to be a gamer to enjoy this novel. My biggest video game accomplishment is being a mediocre Frogger player back in the day, and I honestly did not realize that the book was about video games before I started...
