Year 2018 | Good Book Fairy Reviews

The Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin Harmel

by Good Book Fairy | May 5, 2018 | Adoption - Surrogacy - Pregnancy, Fiction, France, Historical Fiction, Holocaust, Judaic Themes or Characters, London, Year 2018

The Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin Harmel – 400 pages ARC courtesy of the Gallery Books and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review Book Blurb: When newlywed Ruby Henderson Benoit arrives in Paris in 1939 with her French husband Marcel, she imagines strolling arm in...

The Bookshop On The Corner by Jenny Colgan

by Good Book Fairy | May 4, 2018 | Audio, Beach Read, Books About Books, Chick Lit / Women's Fiction, England, Fiction, Friendship, London, Scotland, Year 2018

The Bookshop On The Corner by Jenny Colgan– Audio Book Blurb: Nina Redmond is a literary matchmaker. Pairing a reader with that perfect book is her passion… and also her job. Or at least it was. Until yesterday, she was a librarian in the hectic city. But now the job...

The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne

by Good Book Fairy | May 4, 2018 | Adoption - Surrogacy - Pregnancy, Book Club, Christianity, Coming Of Age, Family, Favorites, Fiction, Friendship, Ireland, LGBTQA+, Year 2018

The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne – 582 pages Book Blurb: Cyril Avery is not a real Avery or at least that’s what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn’t a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out...

Only Child by Rhiannon Navin

by Good Book Fairy | Apr 30, 2018 | Beach Read, Family, Favorites, Fiction, Year 2018

Only Child by Rhiannon Navin – 304 pages Book Blurb: Squeezed into a coat closet with his classmates and teacher, first grader Zach Taylor can hear gunshots ringing through the halls of his school. A gunman has entered the building, taking nineteen lives and...

The Way Of Beauty by Camille Di Maio

by Good Book Fairy | Apr 1, 2018 | Beach Read, Chick Lit / Women's Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, New York, Romance, Year 2018

The Way Of Beauty by Camille Di Maio – 377 pages ARC courtesy of the author in exchange for an honest review Book Blurb: Vera Keller, the daughter of German immigrants in turn-of-the century New York City, finds her life upended when the man she loves becomes engaged...

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

by Good Book Fairy | Mar 21, 2018 | Adventure, Alaska, Family, Favorites, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mental Health, Mothers/Daughters, Year 2018 | 2 comments

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah– 440 pages Book Blurb: Alaska, 1974. Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed. For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival. At first, Alaska seems to be the answer to their prayers. In a wild, remote corner of the state, they...