Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson – Audio ARC from PRH Audio for an honest review Book Blurb: Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson: Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected, carefully guarded, old-money Stockton family, followed her heart, trading her job and...
Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner
Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner – 400 pages ARC from Berkley Pub and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner: California, 1938—When she loses her parents in an accident, sixteen-year-old Rosanne is taken in by the owners of...
Dust Child by Que Mai Phan Nguyen
Dust Child by Nguyen Phan Que Mai – 352 pages ARC from Algonquin Books and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: In 1969, sisters Trang and Quỳnh, desperate to help their parents pay off debts, leave their rural village and become “bar girls” in Sài Gòn,...
Goodnight from Paris by Jane Healey
Goodnight from Paris by Jane Healey – 405 pages ARC from Lake Union and Getred PR for an honest review Book Blurb: Paris, 1939. Hollywood actress Drue Leyton, married to Frenchman Jacques Tartière, lives as an expatriate in love. But when her husband is dispatched to...
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai – Audio ARC from PRH Audio for an honest review Book Blurb: A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past -- the family tragedy that marred her adolescence, her four largely...
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir – Audio Finished audio from PRH audio for an honest review Book Blurb: Lahore, Pakistan. Then.Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the...
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata – AudioBook Blurb: Keiko Furukura had always been considered a strange child, and her parents always worried how she would get on in the real world, so when she takes on a job in a convenience store while at university, they...
The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams by M.J. Rose
The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams by M.J. Rose – 354 pages ARC from Blue Box Press and Getred PR for an honest review Book Blurb: Paris, 1942. Suzanne Belperron is known as one of the most innovative jewelers of her time. Elsa Schiaparelli and the Duchess of Windsor are...
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry – 368 pages ARC from Atria and the author for an honest review Book Blurb: The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry: In the war-torn London of 1939, fourteen-year-old Hazel and five-year-old Flora are...
Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes
Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes – Audio ARC from PRH audio for an honest review Book Blurb: Nisha Cantor lives the globetrotting life of the seriously wealthy, until her husband announces a divorce and cuts her off. Nisha is determined to hang onto her glamorous...