The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg
The Story Of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg – 240 pages Book Blurb: A moving novel about three people who find their way back from loss and loneliness to a different kind of happiness. Arthur, a widow, meets Maddy, a troubled teenage girl who is avoiding school by...
White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht
White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht – 320 pages Book Blurb: Korea, 1943. Hana has lived her entire life under Japanese occupation. As a haenyeo, a female diver of the sea, she enjoys an independence that few other Koreans can still claim. Until the day Hana saves...
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin – 352 pages Book Blurb: If you were told the date of your death, how would it shape your present? It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to...
The Girls In The Picture by Melanie Benjamin
The Girls In The Picture by Melanie Benjamin – 368 pages ARC courtesy of Delacorte Press Book Blurb: Hollywood, 1914. Frances Marion, a young writer desperate for a break, meets “America’s Sweetheart,” Mary Pickford, already making a name for herself both on and off...
The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian
The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian – 368 pages ARC from NetGalley and Doubleday Book Blurb: Cassandra Bowden is no stranger to hungover mornings. She's a binge drinker, her job with the airline making it easy to find adventure, and the occasional blackouts seem...
Next Year In Havana by Chanel Cleeton
Next Year In Havana by Chanel Cleeton – 352 pages Book Blurb: Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, nineteen-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba's high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country's growing political unrest--until she embarks on a...
The Husband Hour by Jamie Brenner
The Husband Hour by Jamie Brenner – 368 pages ARC courtesy of Little, Brown and Company Book Blurb: Lauren Adelman and her high school sweetheart, Rory Kincaid, are a golden couple. They marry just out of college as Rory, a star hockey player, earns a spot in the NHL....
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith
The Last Painting by Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith– Audio Book Blurb: Amsterdam, 1631: Sara de Vos becomes the first woman to be admitted as a master painter to the city’s Guild of St. Luke. Though women do not paint landscapes (they are generally restricted to indoor...
Daughters Of The Night Sky by Aimie K. Runyan
Daughters of The Night Sky by Aimie K. Runyan – 316 pages Book Blurb: Russia, 1941. Katya Ivanova is a young pilot in a far-flung military academy in the Ural Mountains. From childhood, she’s dreamed of taking to the skies to escape her bleak mountain life. With the...
2017 Best Books
Happy New Year! I wish you all a year full of peace and happiness. Let me start by saying that I'm not late, I am purposefully sharing this list in 2018. I wanted to make sure every book I read in 2017, up until December 31st, was included...