None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

 Title: None of This is True

Author: Lisa Jewell
Did I listen or read?: libby kindle
When did I finish?: 8/9/2025
When was the book published: 2023
Main Characters: :Alix Summers, husband Nathan, Josie Fair, husband Walter, kids Erin and Roxy
What happens? Alix and Josie are birthday twins.  Alix has a podcast that is moderately successful, but she is looking for more.  Josie approaches her about her weird life (met Walter when she was 16) and decides to do a podcast interviewing Josie.  Josie might be a big fat liar.
How long was this? 390 pages
Did I like this? It was OK but not great.  Predictable that Josie might be lying.  Pretty good, but Josie is so unlikeable, hard to read.
Overall grade: B

A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King

 Title:  A Monstrous Regiment of Women

Author: Laurie R. King
Did I listen or read?: libby audiobook
When did I finish?: 8/4/2025
When was the book published:  1995
Main Characters: Mary Russell, Sherlock Holmes, Marjory Child
What happens?  Mary's friend Veronica from Oxford is caught up either in a great progressive movement or a cult led by Child.  People start dying.  Mary gets kidnapped and shot up w dope.
How long was this? 336 pagrd
Did I like this? The stories are long and involved with side plots, but I enjoy the Mary's character and Sherlock's mystery.  For some unknown reason, she has Mary get married to Sherlock.  Might end my interest in this series
Overall grade: B

Careless People by Sarah Wynn-WIlliams

 Title: Careless People

Author: Sarah Wynn-Williams
Did I listen or read?: library book, last book from EDC!
When did I finish?: 8/3/2025
When was the book published: 2025
Main Characters: Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Joel, Eliot
What happens? Sarah creates a job at Facebook in public policy, joining on a mission to make the world better.  The greed and stupidity of the execs leads the company into legal murky waters, while pumping out money at all costs.
How long was this? 386 pages
Did I like this? good book, yeah.  Jaw dropping
Overall grade: B+

Speak to Me of Home by Jeanine Cummins

 Title: Speak to Me of Home

Author: Jeanine Cummins
Did I listen or read?: library book, one of the last from EDC
When did I finish?: 8/2/2025
When was the book published: 2025
Main Characters: Daisy, the daughter, Ruth the mother, Ruth's brother Benny, Rafaela the grandmother, had a sister Lola. Pappamio and Mammamio. Rafaela and Lola grew up with Candido, son of the housekeeper Priti
What happens? Daisy is taking care of Benny's properties and gets injured in a hurricane.  We go back and forth in time to hear the story of the family in Puerto Rico, in St. Louis (where Rafaela moves with husband Peter before they divorce, after they have Daisy, Vic and Carlos.)
How long was this? 363 pages
Did I like this? Great characters and learning about PR.  Not much for a plot, but I would try this author again.
Overall grade: B