Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Childrenโs Home Society by Lisa Wingate and Judy Christie – 320 pages Book Blurb: The publication of Lisa Wingate’s novelย Before We Were Yoursย brought new awareness of...
ย The Dutch House by Ann Patchett โ352 pages ARC provided from Harper and Netgalley for an honest review. Book Blurb: At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his...
A Bend in the Stars by Rachel Barenbaum Book Blurb: In Russia, in the summer of 1914, as war with Germany looms and the Czar’s army tightens its grip on the local Jewish community, Miri Abramov and her brilliant physicist brother, Vanya, are facing an impossible...
ย The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman โ 352 pages ARC provided by Berkley and Netgalley for an honest review. Book Blurb: The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a kick-butt trivia team, a world-class...
Never Say Never by Joshilyn Jackson Book Blurb: Amy Whey is proud of her ordinary life and the simple pleasures that come with itโteaching diving lessons, baking cookies for new neighbors, helping her best friend, Charlotte, run their local book club. Her greatest joy...
The Library of Lost and Found Phaedra Patrick โAudio Book Blurb: Librarian Martha Storm has always found it easier to connect with books than peopleโthough not for lack of trying. She keeps careful lists of how to help others in her superhero-themed notebook. And yet,...
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