2016 Goodbookfairy.com: Father’s Day Picks
The Passage by Justin Cronin – Fast paced mix of science fiction, horror and fantasy Memory Man by David Baldacci – Crime thriller from a great author Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz – First in a new mystery/thriller series Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by...

The Curious Charms Of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick–331 pages Book Blurb: Sixty-nine-year-old Arthur Pepper lives a simple life. He gets out of bed at precisely 7:30 a.m., just as he did when his wife, Miriam, was alive. He dresses in the same gray slacks and...

The Girl With Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee
The Girl With Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee –304 pages Book Blurb: As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was one of millions trapped by a secretive and brutal communist regime. Her home on the border with China gave her some exposure to the world beyond the...

Before We Visit The Goddess by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Before We Visit The Goddess by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni –224 page Book Blurb: The daughter of a poor baker in rural Bengal, India, Sabitri yearns to get an education, but her family’s situation means college is an impossible dream. Then an influential woman from...

The Good Goodbye by Carla Buckley
The Good Goodbye by Carla Buckley –352 pages Book Blurb: Two cousins, Rory and Arden, lie unconscious in a hospital burn unit. The fire, which broke out in their shared college dorm room, killed another student, and the police want answers. Tension between Rory and...

A House For Happy Mothers by Amulya Malladi
A House For Happy Mothers by Amulya Malladi–328 pages ARC courtesy of author Book Blurb: In trendy Silicon Valley, Priya has everything she needs—a loving husband, a career, and a home—but the one thing she wants most is the child she’s unable to have. In a Southern...

Reading and De-Stressing
Today I was lucky enough to speak to a wonderful audience about the benefits of reading, and how scientific research has proven that reading can reduce stress, lower your blood pressure and alleviate muscle tension. Thank you to EPWNG (Executive Professional Women's...

The Sound Of Gravel by Ruth Wariner
The Sound Of Gravel by Ruth Wariner– Audio Version Book Blurb: Ruth Wariner was the thirty-ninth of her father’s forty-two children. Growing up on a farm in rural Mexico, where authorities turned a blind eye to the practices of her community, Ruth lives in a...

Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld
Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld–492 pages Book Blurb: This version of the Bennet family—and Mr. Darcy—is one that you have and haven’t met before: Liz is a magazine writer in her late thirties who, like her yoga instructor...

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi– 228 pages Book Blurb: At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next...