The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride – Audio ARC from PRH Audio and Riverhead Books for an honest review Book Blurb: In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to...
What You Are Looking For is in the Library by Michiko Ayoyama ARC from Hanover Square Press for an honest review Book Blurb: “What are you looking for?” This is the famous question routinely asked by Tokyo’s most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi. Like most...
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donughue – Audio ARC from PRH Audio and Knopf for an honest review Book Blurb: Rachel is a student working at a bookstore when she meets James, and it’s love at first sight. Effervescent and insistently heterosexual, James soon...
The Friday Night Club by Alyson Richman, M.J. Rose and Sofia Lundberg – 336 pages ARC from Berkley for an honest review Book Blurb: Early 1900s: The world belongs to men, and the art world in Stockholm, Sweden, is no different, until Hilma af Klint brings together a...
Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea – 480 pages ARC from Little Brown and Co. and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: In 1943, Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fiancé in New York to enlist with the Red Cross and head to Europe. She makes fast friends in...
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley – Audio ARC from PRH audio for an honest review Book Blurb: It’s been a minute—or five years—since Jordan Vargas last saw his college friends, and twenty-eight years since their graduation when their adult lives officially began. Now...
Review:The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride is a moving and powerful novel about community, our differences, and having each other ‘s back. I listened to this on audio which was narrated amazingly well by Dominic Hoffman.Although James McBride is probably most well-known for his first book, The Color of Water, which I adored, this too will make a mark on readers everywhere. Although I thought this would be a plot driven book based on the very first scenes, I could not have been more wrong. This story is driven solely on these perfectly flawed and nuanced characters. I adored Shona and Moshe, Nate and Addi and of course, Dodo, who the town is trying to save from the “school” he’s been sent too.I don’t want to give spoilers but know that the heart of this book is about humanity and connectivity to one another no matter your religion, color or ethnicity. @jamesmcbrideauthor @riverheadbooks @prhaudio 📘: When is last time you wrote a letter? #bookrecs#newbookreview#igbookreview#igbookreviews #TBR #addtoTBR #historicalfiction#histfic #jamesmcbride #readersmatter #booksmaatter#goodbookfairybookreviews #goodbookfairy... See MoreSee Less
Reading cookbooks is one of my favorite ways to relax. As an empty nester, I don't cook as much as I'd like to, but I still love to read new recipes. I made these amazing Mashed Potato, Kale and Feta cheese pancakes. It was easy, delicious and I cut the recipe in half!Copy and paste this link to purchase: amzn.to/48L0xxR{affiliate purchase}📘: What's your favorite thing to cook? (besides re#cookbookreader##cookbooke#cookbookreadersc#NewRecipese#cookinge#recipeso#goodbookfairy #goodbookfairy ... See MoreSee Less