Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver –560 pages Book Blurb: Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair,...
City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita
City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita – 304 pages ARC from Netgalley and Berkley for an honest reviewBook Blurb: When a local teenager discovers a severed hand and foot washed up on the shore of the small town of Point Mettier, Alaska, Cara Kennedy is on the case. A...
The Apprentice of Buchenwald by Oren Schneider
The Apprentice of Buchenwald by Oren Schneider – 195 pages ARC from Amsterdam Publishing for an honest review Book Blurb: Alexander Rosenberg was a smart and curious teenager who spoke many languages, collected stamps, played the violin, and lived a pampered life...
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell – Audio ARC from PRH audio and Knopf for an honest reviewBook Blurb: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell Florence, the 1550s. Lucrezia, third daughter of the grand duke, is comfortable with her obscure place in the...
Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne
Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne – Audio ARC from PRH audio and Berkley for an honest reviewBook Blurb: Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne: Liza B.--the only DJ who gives a jam--wants to take her neighborhood back from the soulless property developer dropping...
The Spice Master at Bistro Exotique by Samantha Verant
The Spice Master at Bistro Exotique by Samantha Verant – 352 pages ARC from Berkley and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: The Spice Master at Bistro Exotique by Samantha Verant: Kate Jenkins doesn't believe in fate. She believes in a clear vision, meticulous...
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams – 402 pages Book Blurb: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams: Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the "Scriptorium," a garden shed in Oxford where...
Winterland by Rae Meadows
Winterland by Rae Meadows – 448 pages ARC from Henry Holt and Co. for an honest reviewBook Blurb: Winterland by Rae Meadows: In the Soviet Union in 1973, there is perhaps no greater honor for a young girl than to be chosen to be part of the famed USSR gymnastics...
When We Had Wings by S. Meissner, K. McMorris, A. Lawhon
When We Had Wings by Susan Meissner, Kristina McMorris, Ariel Lawhon – 432 pages ARC from Harper Muse and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: When We Had Wings: The Philippines, 1941. When U.S. Navy nurse Eleanor Lindstrom, U.S. Army nurse Penny Franklin, and...
The Vibrant Years by Sonali Dev
The Vibrant Years by Sonali Dev – 316 pages ARC from Mindy’s Book Studio for an honest review Book Blurb: The Vibrant Years by Sonali Dev: When sixty-five-year-old Bindu Desai inherits a million dollars, she’s astounded―and horrified. The windfall threatens to expose...