Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Klara and the Sun byΒ Kazuo Ishiguro β Audio Book Blurb: From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside....
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng β 400 pagesΒ ARC from PRH audio for an honest review Book Blurb: Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng: Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a...
Hiding Under the Piano by Hugh Bonneville
Β Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru byΒ Hugh Bonneville β 400 pagesΒ Finished copy from Other Press for an honest review.Β Β Book Blurb: Hugh Bonneville is one of Britain's most accomplished actors, familiar to audiences worldwide for his roles in...
Shmutz by Felicia Berliner
Shmutz by Felicia Berliner Β β 272 pagesBook Blurb: Like the other women in her Brooklyn Hasidic community, Raizl expects to find a husband through an arranged marriage. Unlike the other women, Raizl has a secret.With a hidden computer to help her complete her college...
Maame by Jessica George
Maame by Jessica George β 320 pages ARC from St. Martinβs Press and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Itβs fair to say that Maddieβs life in London is far from rewarding. With a mother who spends most of her time in Ghana (yet still somehow manages to be...
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiroβ 240 pages ARC from Knopf and PRH audio for an honest reviewBook Blurb: SIGNAL FIRES opens on a summer night in 1985. Three teenagers have been drinking. One of them gets behind the wheel of a car, and, in an instant, everything on...
Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson
Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson -256 pages ARC from Ecco and Netgally for an honest review Book Blurb: Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson Sixteen-year-old Frankie Budgeβaspiring writer, indifferent student, offbeat lonerβis determined to make it...
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan β 464 pages ARC from Ballantine Books and Netgalley for an honest reviewΒ Book Blurb: Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan: Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect...
Meredith, Alone by Claire Alexander
Meredith, Alone by Claire Alexander β 368 pages ARC from Netgalley and Grand Central Publishing for an honest reviewΒ Book Blurb: Meredith, Alone by Claire Alexander: She has a full-time remote job and her rescue cat Fred. Her best friend Sadie visits with her two...
Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau
Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau Β - AudioBook Blurb: Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau: In 1970s Baltimore, fourteen-year-old Mary Jane loves cooking with her mother, singing in her church choir, and enjoying her family's subscription to the Broadway Showtunes of the Month...