Good Book Fairy | Best Book Reviews by Lauren Margolin

It’s. Nice. Outside. by Jim Kokoris

Jan 25, 2016 | Beach Read, Book Club, Chicago, Family, Fatherhood, Favorites, Fiction, Funny, Mental Health, Year 2016

It’s. Nice. Outside. by Jim Kokoris- 320 pages Book Blurb: Meet John Nichols. He's fifty-something years old, an ex-basketball player, ex-author, ex-philanderer, ex-husband, ex-high school English teacher. And he's the father of three: two overachieving adult...

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

Jan 24, 2016 | Christianity, Favorites, France, Germany, Historical Fiction, Holocaust, New York, Russia, WW2, Year 2016

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly- 496 pages ARC courtesy of Netgalley and Ballantine Books Book Blurb: New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate and a new love on the horizon. An ocean away from Caroline, Kasia...

Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes

Jan 19, 2016 | Beach Read, Books About Books, Favorites, Fiction, Funny, Mental Health, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Year 2016

Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes- 448 pages ARC courtesy of Netgalley Book Blurb: Charmingly murderous anti-hero Joe Goldberg continues his twisted quest for the perfect love in this thrilling follow-up to the “deeply dark yet mesmerizing” You. When Joe follows the...

The Orphans Of Race Point by Patry Francis

Jan 16, 2016 | Beach Read, Christianity, Family, Favorites, Fiction, Friendship, Mystery, Romance, Year 2016

The Orphans Of Race Point by Patry Francis- 524 pages Book Blurb: Set in the close-knit Portuguese community of Provincetown, Massachusetts, The Orphans of Race Point traces the relationship between Hallie Costa and Gus Silva, who meet as children in the wake of a...

A Window Opens by Elisabeth Egan

Jan 13, 2016 | Beach Read, Books About Books, Chick Lit / Women's Fiction, Fiction, Year 2016

A Window Opens by Elizabeth Egan- 384 pages Book Blurb: Like her fictional forebears Kate Reddy and Bridget Jones, Alice plays many roles (which she never refers to as “wearing many hats” and wishes you wouldn’t, either). She is a mostly-happily married mother of...

The One I Was by Eliza Graham

Jan 12, 2016 | England, Family, Favorites, Fiction, Germany, Historical Fiction, Holocaust, Judaic Themes or Characters, Year 2016

The One I Was by Eliza Graham- 319 pages Book Blurb: Restless, troubled Rosamond Hunter has spent most of her life running away from the past, filled with guilt about her involuntary role in her mother’s death. When her nursing job brings her back to Fairfleet, her...

The Gods Of Tango by Caroline De Robertis

Jan 10, 2016 | Book Club, Historical Fiction, LGBTQA+, South America, Year 2016

The Gods of Tango by Carolina De Robertis- 384 pages Book Blurb: February 1913: seventeen-year-old Leda, carrying only a small trunk and her father’s cherished violin, leaves her Italian village for a new home, and a new husband, in Argentina. Arriving in Buenos...

2016 Reading Challenge

Jan 5, 2016 | Lists, Year 2016

This challenge is not about how many books you read, but instead, about which books you read. Post your completed list on my FB page or email it to me and a handful of winners will be rewarded with GoodBookFairy prizes. Take the challenge, it's fun!

2015 Best Books

Jan 5, 2016 | Favorites, Lists, Year 2015

Enjoy this list of my favorite reads from 2015. Happy Reading!!! A Little Life All My Puny Sorrows All The Bright Places Days Of Awe Everything I Never Told You Golden State I’ll Give You The Sun Kitchens Of The Great Midwest The Nightingale Perfect Peace Pretending...

The Two-Family House by Linda Cohen Loigman

Dec 31, 2015 | Family, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Judaic Themes or Characters, Year 2015

The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman- 304 pages ARC courtesy of Net Galley and St. Martins Press Book Blurb: Brooklyn, 1947: in the midst of a blizzard, in a two-family brownstone, two babies are born minutes apart to two women. They are sisters by marriage...