The Vibrant Years by Sonali Dev – 316 pages ARC from Mindy’s Book Studio for an honest review Book Blurb: The Vibrant Years by Sonali Dev: When sixty-five-year-old Bindu Desai inherits a million dollars, she’s astounded―and horrified. The windfall threatens to expose...
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro– 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...
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan – 464 pages ARC from Ballantine Books and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan: Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect...
Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau – Audio Book Blurb: Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau: In 1970s Baltimore, fourteen-year-old Mary Jane loves cooking with her mother, singing in her church choir, and enjoying her family’s subscription to the Broadway Showtunes...
Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen – 304 pages ARC from St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen: Between the real and the imaginary, there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways. Right...
Gilt by Jamie Brenner – 384 pages Finished Copy from GP Putnam for an honest review Book Blurb: Gilt by Jamie Brenner: The Pavlin family built an empire on love. As the first jewelers to sell diamond rings exclusively for proposals, they started a tradition that has...
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Review:Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson was at once a telescopic look into a typical dysfunctional wealthy family while also giving us a microscopic look into the offspring and their spouses. I loved the cover of this book, and it may, to date, be my favorite cover of 2023. This is a character driven narrative which worked perfectly for readers who enjoy growth in the characters they’re reading about. Wealth is its own character, and it shows its blessings and greediness in equal measure. I enjoyed Jackson’s wit that was threaded through the book. Humor is always welcome in any books I read.I appreciated the relationships between sisters, sister-in-law, brothers and brother-in-law. Many of their struggles with one another were relatable sibling misgivings, while others made me think, what would I do? Keeping secrets, philanthropy, affairs, death and understanding your own family were all topics woven into the story.Kudos to Marin Ireland, the narrator of the audio version, for doing a stellar job bringing this book to life.@jennyjacksonpineapple 📘 What's your favorite fruit?#newbookreview#pineapplestreet#goodbookfairybookreview #bookreviewer#goodbookfairy... See MoreSee Less