Rebel Daughter by Lori Banov Kaufmann โ 400 pages Book Blurb: Rebel Daughterย is Estherโs story. An aristocratic young woman, she comes of age during the Jewish revolt against Rome. Esther dreams of so much more than the marriage her parents have arranged to a...
Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr โ 416 pages ARC from Harper, Get Red PR and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: ย After talking her way into a job with Dan Mansfield, the leading investigative reporter in Chicago, rising young journalist Jules Roth is given an...
The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel โ 429 pagesARC from Lake Union – Amazon Publishing and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: In Japanese-occupied Shanghai, two people from different cultures are drawn together by fate and the freedom of...
Honor by Thrity Umrigar ย โ 336 pagesย ARC from Algonquin Books and Netgalley for a honest reviewย Book Blurb: Honor by Thrity Umrigar Indianย American journalistย Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly: long ago she and her family left the country...
The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki โ 400 pages ARC from Penquin Random House and Netgalley for an honest reviewย Book Blurb: In The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki creates an epic reimagining of the remarkable life of...
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles ARC from Penguin House Audio Book Blurb: In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the work farm where he has just served a year for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his...
Review:Mercury by Amy Jo Burns is a story that shows the dysfunction of family in a pretty dysfunctional small town in Pennsylvania. When Marley comes to town with her single mother, she is the one that sets the crux of the book in motion. Her power over the Joseph boys is remarkable and her maturity at this young age was immense. She seemed to be omnipresent at times because she got into all of the Joseph families heads. The authorโs strength is in her multi-layered character building. I felt like a knew each character quite well. I found the discord between Elise and Marley to be incredibly well written. They were the adage of: so close and yet so far.Themes of mental illness, egotistical misogyny, sibling relationships, motherhood, and mystery were all woven through the storyline. Book clubs will get a good discussion out of this one.@burnsamyjo @celadonbooks๐: Do you have any sisters or brothers? #newbookreview#bookreview#bookstagram#bookreader #tbr #addtoTBR #bookreviewer #goodbookfairybookreview #goodbookfairy... See MoreSee Less
Miss your smile. Miss your face. Miss your calls. Miss your laughter. Miss your honesty. Miss you telling me what I needed to hear when I was too fragile to hear it. Miss you telling me the hard truths when I couldn't see straight. Miss not celebrating our birthdays together. I just plain miss you. Enjoy your lemon drop ๐ธ in Heaven. ... See MoreSee Less