All You Have to Do is Call by Kerri Maher – 416 pages ARC from Berkley and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: The best-known secret in the city, Jane is a women’s health organization composed entirely of women helping women, freeing them from the...
The Refugee Ocean by Pauls Toutonghi – 352 pages ARC Simon and Schuster books and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Born in Beirut in 1922, Marguerite Toutoungi lives a life of loss and sacrifice. She dreams of traveling to Europe and studying music at the...
The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor – Audio ARC from PRH audio and Berkley Publishing Book Blurb: 1940, Kent : Alice King is not brave or daring—she’s happiest finding adventure through the safe pages of books. But times of war demand courage, and as the threat of...
Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See – 368 pages ARC from Scribner for an honest review Book Blurb: According to Confucius, “an educated woman is a worthless woman,” but Tan Yunxian—born into an elite family, yet haunted by death, separations, and...
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...
Review:The Measure by Nikki Erlick was a book I waited far too long to read. I just couldn’t 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.I’m so glad I did. This book is more about life and how we live it, rather than about dying. It’s 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. I’m so looking forward to what’s next from this author. @nikkierlick @williammorrowbooks William Morrow 📘 Would you open a box that told you how long your lifespan is?#themeasure #scifilight#bookreader#bookclubpick#goodbookfairy... See MoreSee Less