Hello Readers! Whether we’re ready or not, November is here. Since I’ll be participating in Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) this month, my TBR will be very low-pressure and full of things I “hope” to get to. I’ve finished My Popsugar Reading Challenge for the year, read all the ARCs I currently have due for …
Title: Damnation SpringAuthor: Ash DavidsonGenre: Historical FictionPublished On: August 3, 2021Publisher: ScribnerSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 464 Synopsis: An epic, immersive debut, Damnation Spring is the deeply human story of a Pacific Northwest logging town wrenched in two by a mystery that threatens to derail its way of life. For generations, Rich Gundersen’s family has chopped a livelihood out …
Title: Lady SunshineAuthor: Amy Mason DoanGenre: Historical Fiction, RomancePublished On: June 29, 2021Publisher: Graydon HouseSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 352 Synopsis: ONE ICONIC FAMILY. ONE SUMMER OF SECRETS. THE DAZZLING SPIRIT OF 1970S CALIFORNIA. For Jackie Pierce, everything changed the summer of 1979, when she spent three months of infinite freedom at her bohemian uncle’s sprawling estate …
Title: We Are Not FreeAuthor: Traci CheeGenre: YA, Historical FictionPublished On: September 1, 2020Publisher: HMH Books for Young ReadersSource: physical (Book HookUp Subscription Box)Pages: 400 Synopsis: “All around me, my friends are talking, joking, laughing. Outside is the camp, the barbed wire, the guard towers, the city, the country that hates us. We are not …
Title: Astrid Sees AllAuthor: Natalie Standiford Genre: Literary Historical FictionPublished On: April 6, 2021Publisher: Atria BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 272 Synopsis: CW: drug addiction, death, grief, abortion New York’s last bohemia—the glittering, decadent downtown club scene of the 1980s—is the setting for this brilliantly winning novel about a smart, vulnerable young woman taking a deep dive into …
Title: The Invincible Summer of Juniper JonesAuthor: Daven McQueen Genre: Young Adult, Historical FictionPublished On: June 16, 2020Publisher: Wattpad BooksSource: ebookPages: 312 Synopsis: It’s the summer of 1955. For Ethan Harper, a biracial kid raised mostly by his white father, race has always been a distant conversation. When he’s sent to spend the summer with his …
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is a genre freebie! I decided to focus on isolation-themed books broken down by their genre. Hello Readers! I hope …
Title: The Light After the WarAuthor: Anita AbrielGenre: Historical Fiction, RomancePublished On: February 4, 2020Publisher: Atria BooksSource: EbookPages: 320 Synopsis: Inspired by an incredible true story of two Jewish friends who survived the Holocaust, this sweeping novel of love and friendship spans World War II from Budapest to Austria and the postwar years from Naples …
Title: Things in JarsAuthor: Jess KiddGenre: Historical Fiction, Mystery, FantasyPublished On: February 4, 2020Publisher: Atria BooksSource: EbookPages: 384 Synopsis: In the dark underbelly of Victorian London, a formidable female sleuth is pulled into the macabre world of fanatical anatomists and crooked surgeons while investigating the kidnapping of an extraordinary child in this gothic mystery—perfect for …
