Code Name Sapphire by Pam Jenoff – 368 pages ARC from Park Row and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: 1942. Hannah Martel has narrowly escaped Nazi Germany after her fiancé was killed in a pogrom. When her ship bound for America is turned away at port, she...
Go As A River by Shelley Read ARC from Spiegel and Grau and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Victoria Nash is just a teenager in the 1940s, but she runs the household on her family’s peach farm in the ranch town of Iola, Colorado—the sole surviving female...
B.F.F. A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found by Christie Tate – 304 pages ARC from the author for an honest review Book Blurb: After more than a decade of dead-end dates and dysfunctional relationships, Christie Tate has reclaimed her voice and settled down. Her...
Sam by Allegra Goodman – Audio ARC from PRH audio and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: There is a girl, and her name is Sam. She adores her father, though he isn’t around much. Her mother, Courtney, struggles to make ends meet, and never fails to remind her...
Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica – 320 pages ARC from Netgalley and Park Row for an honest review Book Blurb: Jake Hayes is missing. This much is certain. At first, his wife, Nina, thinks he is blowing off steam at a friend’s house after their heated fight the...
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson – 384 pages ARC from Netgalley and Simon and Schuster for an honest review Book Blurb: 1950s Philadelphia: fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother...
The Last Russian Doll by Kristen Loesch – 384 pages ARC from Berkley and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: The Last Russian Doll by Kristen Loesch: In a faraway kingdom, in a long-ago land…a young girl lived happily in Moscow with her family: a...
The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges – 352 pages ARC from Berkley and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: From her attic in the Arizona mountains, thirty-four-year-old Myra Malone blogs about a dollhouse mansion that captivates thousands of...
Once We Were Home by Jennifer Rosner – 288 pages ARC from Flatiron for an honest review Book Blurb: Ana will never forget her mother’s face when she and her baby brother, Oskar, were sent out of their Polish ghetto and into the arms of a Christian friend. For Oskar,...
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver –560 pages Book Blurb: Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored...
Review:The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride is a moving and powerful novel about community, our differences, and having each other ‘s back. I listened to this on audio which was narrated amazingly well by Dominic Hoffman.Although James McBride is probably most well-known for his first book, The Color of Water, which I adored, this too will make a mark on readers everywhere. Although I thought this would be a plot driven book based on the very first scenes, I could not have been more wrong. This story is driven solely on these perfectly flawed and nuanced characters. I adored Shona and Moshe, Nate and Addi and of course, Dodo, who the town is trying to save from the “school” he’s been sent too.I don’t want to give spoilers but know that the heart of this book is about humanity and connectivity to one another no matter your religion, color or ethnicity. @jamesmcbrideauthor @riverheadbooks @prhaudio 📘: When is last time you wrote a letter? #bookrecs#newbookreview#igbookreview#igbookreviews #TBR #addtoTBR #historicalfiction#histfic #jamesmcbride #readersmatter #booksmaatter#goodbookfairybookreviews #goodbookfairy... See MoreSee Less
Reading cookbooks is one of my favorite ways to relax. As an empty nester, I don't cook as much as I'd like to, but I still love to read new recipes. I made these amazing Mashed Potato, Kale and Feta cheese pancakes. It was easy, delicious and I cut the recipe in half!Copy and paste this link to purchase: amzn.to/48L0xxR{affiliate purchase}📘: What's your favorite thing to cook? (besides re#cookbookreader##cookbooke#cookbookreadersc#NewRecipese#cookinge#recipeso#goodbookfairy #goodbookfairy ... See MoreSee Less