My Brilliant Friend: Neapolitan Series Book One by Elena Ferrante โ audio Book Blurb: A modern masterpiece from one of Italy’s most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense and generous hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila....
Woman Last Seen In Her Thirties by Camille Pagan โ audio Book Blurb: At fifty-three, Maggie Harris has a good marriage and two mostly happy children. Perpetually anxious, sheโs also accumulated a list of semi-reasonable fears: falling air conditioners, the IRS,...
Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivanโ 524 pages Book Blurb: Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. Heโs a normal Italian teenagerโobsessed with music, food, and girlsโbut his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is...
Playing With Fire by Tess Gerritsen โ Audio Book Blurb: The first time Julia Ansdell picks upย The Incendio Waltz,ย she knows itโs a strikingly unusual composition. But while playing the piece, Julia blacks out and awakens to find her young daughter implicated in acts...
The Shoemakerโs Wife by Adriana Trigianiโ 475 pages Book Blurb: The majestic and haunting beauty of the Italian Alps is the setting of the first meeting of Enza, a practical beauty, and Ciro, a strapping mountain boy, who meet as teenagers, despite growing up in...
The Garden Of Lettersย by Alyson Richmanโ 384 pages Book Blurb: Portofino, Italy, 1943.ย A young woman steps off a boat in a scenic coastal village. Although she knows how to disappear in a crowd,ย Elodieย is too terrified to slip by the German officers while carrying her...
Review:The Measure by Nikki Erlick was a book I waited far too long to read. I just couldnโt 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.Iโm so glad I did. This book is more about life and how we live it, rather than about dying. Itโs 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. Iโm so looking forward to whatโs next from this author. @nikkierlick @williammorrowbooks William Morrow ๐ Would you open a box that told you how long your lifespan is?#themeasure #scifilight#bookreader #bookclubpick #goodbookfairy... See MoreSee Less