The Apprentice of Buchenwald by Oren Schneider
The Apprentice of Buchenwald by Oren Schneider β 195 pages ARC from Amsterdam Publishing for an honest review Β 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 OβFarrell Β β Audio Β ARC from PRH audio and Knopf for an honest reviewBook Blurb: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie OβFarrell Β 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 β Audio Β 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 β 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 β 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 β 448 pagesΒ 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 β 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 β 316 pages ARC from Mindyβs 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, sheβs astoundedβand horrified. The windfall threatens to expose...
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...

