Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo I’d reviewed this book when I’d completed it half way in the June meeting, and I don’t have anything more to add to what I’d already mentioned then as I’d not like to spoil the story for anyone. It is about a young boy named Will who is on a vacation with his mother in Indonesia, when the elephant he’s riding on makes a sudden dash into the jungle minutes before a tsunami (this book is set in the backdrop of the 2004 tsunami and the Iraq war)

The Choice by Edith Eger The other day, I said that I have never believed in those listicles titled 'Top 25 or 50 books to read before you die'. However, in complete contradiction to what I said earlier, if I were to ever create a list of the top 25 books to read before you die, I would include this book. Hope. Hope is what makes me say that I will come to the next Bookaholics review meeting, even though multiple things can go wrong between now and then. Hope is a beautiful t

I read Someone to Watch Over Me by Judith McNaught back in 2013, and it’s an absolute 5/5 for me. It’s one of those romantic suspense books that completely sticks with you. The story follows Leigh Kendall, a successful Broadway actress who gets into a terrible car accident during a blizzard. When she wakes up in the hospital, her husband is completely missing, and the police actually start treating her as the prime suspect. That's when Michael Valente steps in—he’s this wealt