The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton โ 368 pages ARC from 37ink and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Opal is a fiercely independent young woman pushing against the grain in her style and attitude, Afro-punk before that term existed. Coming of...
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...
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab – 442 pages Book Blurb: France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus, begins the extraordinary life of...
The Social Graces by Renee Rosen โ 400 pagesย ARC from Berkley Books, Netgally and author for an honest review. Book Blurb: In the glittering world of Manhattan’s upper crust, where wives turn a blind eye to husbands’ infidelities, and women have few...
The Orchard by David Hopen – Audio Book Blurb: Ari Edenโs life has always been governed by strict rules. In ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn, his days are dedicated to intense study and religious rituals, and adolescence feels profoundly lonely. So when his family...
The Boyโs Club by Erica Katz โ 416 pages Finished ARC from Harper for an honest review Book Blurb: Alex Vogel has always been a high achiever who lived her life by the bookโstar student and athlete in high school, prelaw whiz in college, Harvard Law School degree....
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