Good Book Fairy | Best Book Reviews by Lauren Margolin

Upgrade by Blake Crouch

Sep 24, 2022 | Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense, Year 2022

Upgrade by Blake Crouch – Audio ARC from PRH Audio for an honest reviewBook Blurb: Upgrade by Blake Crouch: At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just feels a little . . . sharper. Better able to concentrate. Better at multitasking. Reading a...

The Most-Likely Club by Elyssa Friedland

Sep 18, 2022 | Beach Read, Chick Lit / Women's Fiction, Fiction, Friendship, Funny, Judaic Themes or Characters, Marriage, Mothers/Daughters, Romance, Year 2022

The Most Likely Club by Elyssa Friedland – 368 pages ARC from Berkley, GetRed PR and Netgalley for an honest reviewBook Blurb: The Most Likely Club by Elyssa Friedland: In 1997, grunge is king, Titanic is a blockbuster (and Blockbuster still exists), and Thursday...

Cradles of the Reich by Jennifer Coburn

Sep 18, 2022 | Adoption - Surrogacy - Pregnancy, Historical Fiction, Judaic Themes or Characters, Motherhood, WW2, Year 2022

Cradles of the Reich by Jennifer Coburn ARC from Sourcebooks Landmark and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Cradles of the Reich by Jennifer Coburn: At Heim Hochland, a Nazi breeding home in Bavaria, three women's fates are irrevocably intertwined. Gundi is a...

Gilt by Jamie Brenner

Sep 18, 2022 | Boston, Chick Lit / Women's Fiction, East Coast States, Family, Fiction, New York, Romance, Year 2022

Gilt by Jamie Brenner – 384 pages Finished Copy from GP Putnam for an honest reviewBook Blurb: Gilt by Jamie Brenner: The Pavlin family built an empire on love. As the first jewelers to sell diamond rings exclusively for proposals, they started a tradition that has...

Some of It Was Real by Nan Fischer

Sep 18, 2022 | Beach Read, Chick Lit / Women's Fiction, Death/Grief, Favorites, Fiction, Paranormal, Romance, Year 2022

Some of it Was Real by Nan Fischer ARC from Berkley and Netgalley for an honest reviewBook Blurb: Some of It was Real by Nan Fischer: A psychic on the verge of stardom who isn’t sure she believes in herself and a cynical journalist with one last chance at redemption...

The Ways We Hide by Kristina McMorris

Sep 6, 2022 | Chick Lit / Women's Fiction, Fathers/Sons & Daughters, Favorites, Historical Fiction, London, Midwest States, Romance, Suspense, WW2, Year 2022

The Ways We Hide by Kristina McMorris – 448 pages ARC from Sourcebook Landmark for an honest review Book Blurb: The Ways We Hide by Kristina McMorris: As a little girl raised amid the hardships of Michigan’s Copper Country, Fenna Vos learned to focus on her own...

She’s Up to No Good by Sara Goodman Confino

Aug 23, 2022 | Beach Read, Boston, Chick Lit / Women's Fiction, Family, Favorites, Fiction, Judaic Themes or Characters, Marriage, Multi-Generational, Romance, Year 2022

She’s Up to No Good by Sara Goodman Confino – 396 pages ARC from Getred PR for an honest review Book Blurb: She’s Up to No Good by Sara Goodman Confino: Four years into her marriage, Jenna is blindsided when her husband asks for a divorce. With time on her hands and...

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Aug 21, 2022 | Animals, Chick Lit / Women's Fiction, Environment/Nature, Favorites, Fiction, Guest Fairy Review, Seattle/ NW Areas, Year 2022

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt - 360 pagesBook Blurb: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt: After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has...

The Matchmaker’s Gift by Lynda Loigman Cohen

Aug 21, 2022 | Chick Lit / Women's Fiction, Family, Favorites, Fiction, Judaic Themes or Characters, Marriage, New York, Romance, Year 2022

The Matchmaker’s Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman – 320 pages ARC from author, St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for an honest reviewBook Blurb: The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Loigman Cohen: Even as a child in 1910, Sara Glikman knows her gift: she is a maker of matches...

Horse by Geraldine Brooks

Aug 21, 2022 | African American or Black, Animals, Art, Favorites, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Race, Slavery, Sports, Year 2022

Horse by Geraldine Brooks – Audio ARC from Viking and PRH Audio for an honest review Book Blurb: Horse by Geraldine Brooks: Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting...