Late January and all of February has been a very up and down reading time for me. A lot of the the books I read were good, but not overwhelmingly so, and others just did nothing for me. I read a couple books I loved, but those won’t be released until next month. Today I’m sharing my thoughts on two books I enjoyed very much, but that fell just short of wowing me. On both, I think I’m something of an outlier, because many people are raving about these two lovely books. I’m starting to think it’s just me!…

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My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Publisher: Doubleday
Release Date: November 21, 2018
Length: 240 pages
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Single Sentence Summary

What’s a woman to do when her sister calls and needs help cleaning up after “accidentally” killing her boyfriend…again?…

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Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo (debut)
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Length: 272 pages
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{A Bit of Backstory}

Single Sentence Summary

After four years of infertility, a Nigerian man is pressured to take a second wife, leaving the woman he adores devastated….

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