Our Little World by Karen Winn โ 352 pagesย ARC from Dutton and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Our Little World by Karen Winn: July 1985. Itโs a normal, sweltering New Jersey summer for soon-to-be seventh grader Bee Kocsis. Her thoughts center only on...
Doctors and Friends by Kimmery Martin – 384 pagesย Book Blurb: Doctors and Friends: Hannah, Compton, and Kira have been close friends since medical school, reuniting once a year for a much-needed vacation. Just as they gather to travel in Spain, an outbreak of a...
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult – 336 pagesย ARC from Random House Publishing Group and Netgalley for an honest review.ย Book Blurb: Diana OโToole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New...
The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer โ 416 pages ARC provided from Mira for an honest review Book Blurb: Rachel Rubenstein-Goldblatt is a nice Jewish girl with a shameful secret: she loves Christmas. For a decade sheโs hidden her career as a Christmas romance novelist from...
A Million Reasons Why by Jessica Strawser – 384 pagesย Book Blurb: When two strangers are linked by a mail-in DNA test, itโs an answered prayerโthat is, for one half-sister. For the other, it will dismantle everything she knows to be true.But as they step into...
Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge – 336 pagesย ARC from Algonquin Books and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Coming of age as a free-born Black girl in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn, Libertie Sampson was all too aware that her purposeful mother, a practicing...
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