Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver โ560 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...
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams โ 402 pages Book Blurb: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams: Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the “Scriptorium,” a garden shed in...
When We Had Wings by Susan Meissner, Kristina McMorris, Ariel Lawhon โ 432 pages ARC from Harper Muse and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: When We Had Wings: The Philippines, 1941. When U.S. Navy nurse Eleanor Lindstrom, U.S. Army nurse Penny Franklin, and...
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiroโ 240 pages ARC from Knopf and PRH audio for an honest review Book Blurb: SIGNAL FIRES opens on a summer night in 1985. Three teenagers have been drinking. One of them gets behind the wheel of a car, and, in an instant, everything on...
Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe โ 224 pagesย Book Blurb: Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe: Felicia “Fe Fe” Stevens is living with her vigilantly loving mother and older teenaged brother, whom she adores, in building 4950 of...
The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz โ 448 pages ย ARC from Celadon and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: The Latecomerย by Jean Hanff Korelitz follows the story of the wealthy, New York City-based Oppenheimer family, from the first meeting of parents Salo and...
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control โ from the author of The Laws of Human Nature. I... read more
Review:The Measure by Nikki Erlick was a book I waited far too long to read. I just couldnโt stomach the idea that everyone in the world would find out their relative life span. The whole idea of this scared me but when my book club chose to read it, I dug in with enthusiasm.Iโm so glad I did. This book is more about life and how we live it, rather than about dying. Itโs told by a cast of eight characters who are deeply affected by the strings they received. The length of the string parallels the length of your life. All the characters are struggling with their results because even if he or she gets a long string, there will still be people they know will be gone soon.How the world at large handles the strings was so well done. People are switching boxes hoping it could change their destiny. Support groups are offered. Protests occur. The world is in a very different place. Much of this book made me think about the differences between fate and destiny. This story offers many intertwined connections between the characters that makes for a powerful and meaningful ending. Iโm so looking forward to whatโs next from this author. @nikkierlick @williammorrowbooks William Morrow ๐ Would you open a box that told you how long your lifespan is?#themeasure #scifilight#bookreader #bookclubpick #goodbookfairy... See MoreSee Less