Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson
Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson ARC from Custom House and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: It’s 1938 and women seeking a quick, no-questions split from their husbands head to the “divorce capital of the world,” Reno, Nevada. There’s one...
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi - Audio Book Blurb: Gifty is a fifth-year candidate in neuroscience at Stanford School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and addiction. Her brother, Nana, was a gifted high...
The Grace Kelly Dress by Brenda Janowitz
The Grace Kelly Dress by Brenda Janowitz Book Blurb: In Paris, 1958, Grace Kelly’s royal wedding dress is still all the rage in fashion circles. Rose, a seamstress at a famous atelier, has just been entrusted with sewing another gown in its image. An orphan, she needs...
Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton
Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton – 336 pages ARC from Forge Books and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Cadie Kessler has spent decades trying to cover up one truth. One moment. But deep down, didn’t she always know her secret would...
When the Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson
When the Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson – 400 pages ARC from Kensington for an honest review Book Blurb: At night, in Huda’s fragrant garden, a breeze sweeps in from the desert encircling Baghdad, rustling the leaves of her apricot trees and carrying warning of...
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Tailia Hibbert – Audio Book Blurb: Danika Brown knows what she wants: professional success, academic renown, and an occasional roll in the hay to relieve all that career-driven tension. But romance? Been there, done that, burned the...
The Orchard by David Hopen
The Orchard by David Hopen - Audio Book Blurb: Ari Eden’s life has always been governed by strict rules. In ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn, his days are dedicated to intense study and religious rituals, and adolescence feels profoundly lonely. So when his family announces...
The Boy’s Club by Erica Katz
The Boy’s Club by Erica Katz – 416 pages Finished ARC from Harper for an honest review Book Blurb: Alex Vogel has always been a high achiever who lived her life by the book—star student and athlete in high school, prelaw whiz in college, Harvard Law School degree....
2020 Must Read List
2020 Must Read List Usually this list doesn't come out until early January so that I can read until the very last day of December. Makes sense, right? This year, however, I realized that the two books I'm reading right now are 2021 releases. Alas, I was able to put...
The Answer Is…Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek
The Answer Is…Reflections on My Life by Alex Trebek Book Blurb: Since debuting as the host of Jeopardy! in 1984, Alex Trebek has been something like a family member to millions of television viewers, bringing entertainment and education into their homes five nights a...
