Published: November 2017 by St. Martin’s Press Genre: Literary Fiction My Rating: 5/5 Stars This was one of those books that I was just a little bit nervous to start. It had been sitting on my shelf since October, along with all my other picks from my Book of the Month Club subscription, waiting for… Continue reading BEASTS OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE BY RUTH EMMIE LANG
Tomorrow is the first day of the new year, book friends! It’s hard to believe. 2017 has been a truly amazing, inspiring year for me as a reader. I finished the year out with 80 books read, which makes 2017 my best year ever when it comes to quantity. I think it might also be… Continue reading Where I gush about what a great year 2017 was for my bookish self.
Published: October 17th 2017 by Berkley Pub Genre: Fiction My Rating: 4/5 Stars I was lucky enough to be sent a free copy of this book from Berkley Pub so I could be a part of their book tour celebrating its release. I held on to it in anticipation for a couple months before diving… Continue reading SEVEN DAYS OF US BY FRANCESCA HORNAK
This December I read nothing but Christmas-themed books. I’ve never done that before… in fact, I’ve never really read that many holiday books at all. It wasn’t entirely intentional… and it was only four books because reading time has been a little scarce lately (only partly because I’ve also been binge-watching every cheesy Christmas movie… Continue reading Holiday Reading Wrap-Up
I’m excited to be participating in the book tour for Ashley Hay’s latest novel, A Hundred Small Lessons, which is being released in the states TODAY! Originally, this post was supposed to a review… I received an advanced reader’s edition of this gorgeous new novel in exchange for participating in the TLC Book Tours tour of… Continue reading HAPPY PUB DAY — A HUNDRED SMALL LESSONS BY ASHLEY HAY
Published: August 2017 by St. Martin’s Press Genre: Thriller/Suspense My Rating: 4/5 Stars I chose this book as my Book of the Month Club pick back in September. If I’d just come across it on the shelf at Barnes & Noble, there’s a good chance I would have passed it by. (Or actually I probably… Continue reading EMMA IN THE NIGHT BY WENDY WALKER
Published: 2017 by Scribner Books Genre: Literary Fiction My Rating: 3.5/5 Stars This is an interesting review for me to write, as I both enjoyed this novel and felt at times very frustrated by it. Although first of all, I just want to take a moment to comment on the fact that this cover is… Continue reading FLESH AND BONE AND WATER BY LUIZA SAUMA
Published: August 29, 2017 by Flatiron Books Genre: Literary Fiction My Rating: 5/5 Stars You know those books you read where you just have a sense, about twenty pages in, that you’re going to love it? Where even in the first few chapters, with no knowledge of what’s going to come or how the story… Continue reading THE RESURRECTION OF JOAN ASHBY BY CHERISE WOLAS
Published July 2017 by Viking Books Genre: Literary Fiction My Rating: 4/5 Stars The very first thing that struck me about this book is that it reads like a memoir. It was so open and honest, and it felt so real that I did a couple of double-checks to verify that it was, in fact,… Continue reading WHAT WE LOSE BY ZINZI CLEMMONS
Published: September 2017 by Harper Books Genre: Literary Fiction My Rating: 4/5 Stars First of all, I want to say thank you to Harper Books for sending me an advanced digital copy of this book for review. The moment I found out that Nicole Krauss had written another novel, I had to have it, and… Continue reading FOREST DARK BY NICOLE KRAUSS
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