Good Book Fairy | Best Book Reviews by Lauren Margolin

The Story Keeper by Lisa Wingate

Apr 7, 2015 | Books About Books, Christianity, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Year 2015

The Story Keeper by Lisa Wingate– 438 pages Book Blurb: When successful New York editor Jen Gibbs discovers a decaying slush-pile manuscript on her desk, she has no idea that the story of Sarra, a young mixed-race woman trapped in Appalachia at the turn of the...

Dorothy Parker Drank Here by Ellen Meister

Apr 6, 2015 | Beach Read, Fiction, Historical Fiction, New York, Paranormal, Year 2015

Dorothy Parker Drank Here by Ellen Meister– 336 pages Book Blurb: Heavenly peace? No, thank you. Dorothy Parker would rather wander the famous halls of the Algonquin Hotel, drink in hand, searching for someone, anyone, who will keep her company on this side of...

2015 Spring Break Picks

Mar 23, 2015 | Lists, Year 2015

All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews

Mar 20, 2015 | Canada, Favorites, Fiction, Mental Health, Sisters, Year 2015

All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews– 317 pages Book Blurb: Elf and Yoli are sisters. While on the surface Elfrieda's life is enviable (she's a world-renowned pianist, glamorous, wealthy, and happily married) and Yolandi's a mess (she's divorced and broke, with two...

Everything I’ve Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Mar 16, 2015 | Book Club, Favorites, Fiction, Motherhood, Mothers/Daughters, Mystery, Sisters/Brothers, Suspense, Year 2015

Everything I’ve Never Told You by Celeste Ng– 336 pages Book Blurb: Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet . . . So begins this debut novel about a mixed-race family living in 1970s Ohio and the tragedy that will either be their undoing or their salvation. Lydia...

The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins

Mar 14, 2015 | Beach Read, England, Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Year 2015

The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins– 336 pages Book Blurb: Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same...

The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult

Mar 12, 2015 | Favorites, Fiction, Food, Historical Fiction, Holocaust, Judaic Themes or Characters, Vampires, WW2, Year 2013

The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult -480 pages Book Blurb: Sage Singer befriends an old man who's particularly beloved in her community. Josef Weber is everyone's favorite retired teacher and Little League coach. They strike up a friendship at the bakery where Sage works....

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Mar 11, 2015 | Favorites, France, Historical Fiction, Holocaust, Sisters, WW2, Year 2015

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah– 448 pages Book Blurb: In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn’t believe that the Nazis will invade France...but invade they do, in droves of...

I’ll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson

Mar 10, 2015 | Art, Book Club, Coming Of Age, Favorites, Fiction, LGBTQA+, YA, Year 2015

I’ll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson– 371 pages Book Blurb: Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude cliff-dives and wears...

The Traitor’s Wife by Allison Pataki

Mar 5, 2015 | Historical Fiction, Year 2015

The Traitor’s Wife by Alison Pataki– 496 pages Book Blurb: A riveting historical novel about Peggy Shippen Arnold, the cunning wife of Benedict Arnold and mastermind behind America's most infamous act of treason . . . Everyone knows Benedict Arnold--the Revolutionary...