The Bookish Ashley

Family secrets. Mysterious inheritances. Remote islands. And the unsettling realization that the people who came before us may have left more behind than we ever imagined. There is something irresistible about a story that begins with an unexpected inheritance and ends up uncovering an entire family history. Prime Video’s Sterling…

★★★★☆ (4.5/5 stars) Some love stories are less about falling in love and more about everything that happens around it. Jackie & Me by Louis Bayard is a witty, bittersweet, and quietly compelling reimagining of the courtship between Jacqueline Bouvier and John F. Kennedy, told through the eyes of someone…

Sometimes the best way to figure out what you want is to stop doing what you’re supposed to do. This book was basically a vacation in book form. After losing her sister, our heroine finds herself with an unfinished bucket list and a choice: stay safely inside the predictable life…

What is a happily ever after really worth? Freida McFadden knows how to take a seemingly perfect life and turn it completely upside down. The Divorce follows Naomi, whose picture-perfect marriage suddenly implodes when her husband kicks her out, brings in an army of expensive divorce lawyers, drains their accounts,…

⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4/5) What if your late mother’s ghost was stuck in your company’s Slack workspace? That’s the wonderfully bizarre premise behind Clare Osongco’s Unfinished Business, a charming debut that blends magical realism, workplace satire, romance, and heartfelt family drama into a story that’s as emotionally resonant as it is entertaining.…