Here are the books I read this month:
“The PLAN is a time-management book that rejects the typical hustle-culture approach and instead helps readers build a planning system that works for their life right now. Rather than chasing relentless productivity or a future ideal, Adachi encourages you to align your time with what matters most to you in your current season. She introduces the memorable PLAN framework—Prepare, Live, Adjust, Notice—as a flexible, human-centered way to organize your days, weeks, and seasons. Throughout, the focus is on integrating your priorities, energy levels, personality, and even your body’s rhythms into your planning, so you can stop feeling overwhelmed and start living more wholeheartedly.”
“The Housemaid is a bestselling psychological thriller about Millie Calloway, a young woman with a troubled past who, desperate for a fresh start after losing her job and struggling with homelessness, accepts a live-in housekeeper position with the wealthy Winchester family on Long Island. At first it seems like her luck has changed, but Millie soon discovers that the beautiful estate hides dark secrets and that the volatile matriarch, Nina Winchester, may be far more dangerous than she appears. As strange events unfold and Millie becomes entangled in the Winchesters’ tense dynamics — including a complicated connection with Nina’s husband, Andrew — she must navigate deception, manipulation, and her own survival in a story full of suspense and unexpected twists. “
This book has such wonderful development of characters an d was filled with lots of twists and secret surprises.I loved that my friend recommended it. This book is a historical mystery set in Washington, D.C. in the early 1950s. The story centers on Briarwood House, a shabby all-female boardinghouse where a diverse group of women live separate, private lives — until Grace March, a mysterious widow, moves into the attic and begins hosting weekly dinners that slowly draw the residents together. Through these gatherings and shared experiences, the women form an unlikely bond, creating a sense of community amid the paranoia and social pressures of the McCarthy era. But when a shocking act of violence occurs during a Thanksgiving gathering — revealing secrets, hidden loyalties, and deadly stakes — the women must confront the truth about themselves and each other.
