LMGray (she/her)

@psychomamma

Licensed therapist; I know crazy cults when I see them. Dont make me diagnose you; I can & I will.

CaliforniaJoined November 2008

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LMGray (she/her)

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May 6

3 of 5 stars to My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

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Lisa Gray’s review of My Sister's Keeper

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May 4

5 of 5 stars to Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan

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Lisa Gray’s review of Thank You for Listening

I love this book so much, best kind of feel good romance.

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May 3

2 of 5 stars to A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul

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May 1

3 of 5 stars to The Lives of Edie Pritchard by Larry Watson

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Lisa Gray’s review of The Lives of Edie Pritchard

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Apr 29

3 of 5 stars to Small Bodies of Water by Nina Mingya Powles

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Lisa Gray’s review of Small Bodies of Water

I didn’t realize this was a memoir; it’s not my favorite genre so the rating may not be fair. If you do like memoirs, you might love it.

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Apr 29

3 of 5 stars to Properties of Thirst by Marianne Wiggins

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Lisa Gray’s review of Properties of Thirst

I liked this book - the characters, the story, and I for sure think a book about the Japanese internment camps is important as a topic. But - it was a choppy read for me, alternating from character...

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Apr 27

5 of 5 stars to Bearing the Unbearable by Joanne Cacciatore

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Lisa Gray’s review of Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief

Excellent book on grief; full review on my Instagram @TherapyBookNook.

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Apr 26

4 of 5 stars to The Family Game by Catherine Steadman

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Lisa Gray’s review of The Family Game

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Apr 25

4 of 5 stars to Paranoia by Joseph Finder

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Lisa Gray’s review of Paranoia

Kind of a mind bending book on corporate espionage.

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Apr 23

5 of 5 stars to Go as a River by Shelley Read

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Lisa Gray’s review of Go as a River

This book lived up to all the hype. So good, get ready to weep.

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Apr 22

4 of 5 stars to Behind Every Lie by Christina McDonald

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Lisa Gray’s review of Behind Every Lie

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Apr 21

4 of 5 stars to Magpie Lane by Lucy Atkins

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Lisa Gray’s review of Magpie Lane

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Apr 20

4 of 5 stars to The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld

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Lisa Gray’s review of The Enchanted

Reminded me of Notes from an Executioner, which I think I liked a teeny bit better but both are great commentaries on the death penalty.

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Apr 19

4 of 5 stars to All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung

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Lisa Gray’s review of All You Can Ever Know

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Apr 19

3 of 5 stars to Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey

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Lisa Gray’s review of Just Like Home

Ok hands down weirdest book I’ve ever read. I loved Echo Wife, but this one was just too weird for me.

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Apr 17

3 of 5 stars to Stay True by Hua Hsu

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Lisa Gray’s review of Stay True

I did not love this book like a lot of people did I guess.

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Apr 17

4 of 5 stars to 100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith

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Lisa Gray’s review of 100 Sideways Miles

I loved the characters in this book! Unusual and sweet.

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Apr 16

4 of 5 stars to The Secrets We Keep by Cassie Gustafson

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Lisa Gray’s review of The Secrets We Keep

TW: incest & sexual abuse. Sad book.

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Apr 15

3 of 5 stars to If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

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Lisa Gray’s review of If I Had Your Face

I thought this book was ok but the ending was kind of abrupt, it almost felt like putting a book down in the middle.

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Apr 13

5 of 5 stars to Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen

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Lisa Gray’s review of Other Birds

Ohhhhh this might be the sweetest & most magical book I’ve ever read.

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Apr 12

4 of 5 stars to Monogamy by Sue Miller

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Lisa Gray’s review of Monogamy

This book was so sad, about the death of a spouse. I made my husband promise me I can die first haha.

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Apr 11

3 of 5 stars to Trust by Hernan Diaz

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Lisa Gray’s review of Trust

It’s hard to know how to rate this book. I liked the characters & story a lot. I didn’t love the format, it’s like 4 connected short stories about the same characters but all four are in completely...

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Apr 9

3 of 5 stars to The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

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Apr 8

4 of 5 stars to The Dummy Line by Bobby Cole

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Apr 7

5 of 5 stars to The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton

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Lisa Gray’s review of The Light Pirate

Heartbreaking but such a good read about the future of the earth if we just let things go.

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Apr 6

3 of 5 stars to How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

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Lisa Gray’s review of How High We Go in the Dark

This book was fascinating as an idea. Each chapter is told from a different narrators point of view, which I don’t mind. But the narrators are so loosely connected that it really felt more like a...

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Apr 5

5 of 5 stars to Little Black Lies by Sharon J. Bolton

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Lisa Gray’s review of Little Black Lies

I loved this book - first of all a great mystery but also learned a lot about the Faulkland Islands!

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Apr 4

3 of 5 stars to The Wife Stalker by Liv Constantine

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Lisa Gray’s review of The Wife Stalker

I didn’t love this book although I admit there was a clever twist at the end. But I spent the whole book thinking “this doesn’t even make sense!” The twist did explain most of that but only after I...

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Apr 3

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Apr 3

5 of 5 stars to The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg

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Lisa Gray’s review of The Story of Arthur Truluv

There could not possibly be a sweeter book than this!

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Apr 1

4 of 5 stars to The Lying Room by Nicci French

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Lisa Gray’s review of The Lying Room

3 of 5 stars to Mosquitoland by David Arnold

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Lisa Gray’s review of Mosquitoland

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Mar 28

3 of 5 stars to Attachment Disturbances in Adults by Daniel P. Brown

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Lisa Gray’s review of Attachment Disturbances: Treatment for Comprehensive Repair

Read for a therapist book club. Basically a textbook. Great info but unless you are going to get extensive training in the AAI and their method, it won’t do you much good.

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Mar 27

3 of 5 stars to Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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Lisa Gray’s review of Before Your Memory Fades

I loved the first book in this series, Before the Coffee gets Cold. This is good, just more of the same so the uniqueness of the first book is lost a little in a trilogy.

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Mar 26

5 of 5 stars to The Last One by Alexandra Oliva

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Lisa Gray’s review of The Last One

I loved this book - contestant on wilderness survival show not realizing a pandemic has occurred. So creative!

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Mar 25

4 of 5 stars to The Companion by Katie Alender

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Lisa Gray’s review of The Companion

Plot twist wasn’t hard to guess, but suitably creepy for 4 stars!

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Mar 24

3 of 5 stars to Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro

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Mar 24

4 of 5 stars to Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

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Lisa Gray’s review of Everything, Everything

Cute book. Saw the twist coming way ahead but still worth the read!

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Mar 23

3 of 5 stars to STFU by Dan Lyons

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Lisa Gray’s review of STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World

I got this book free from the Early Reviewers Program at Library Thing. I have mixed feelings about it. Initially I was super excited, because the chapters about the value of shutting off our screens...