Title: What Could Be SavedAuthor: Liese O’Halloran Schwarz Genre: Literary, Historical FictionPublished On: January 12, 2021Publisher: Atria BooksSource: digitalPages: 460 Synopsis: An enthralling, redemptive novel set in Bangkok in 1972 and Washington, DC, in 2019 about an expatriate child who goes missing, whose family is contacted decades later by a man claiming to be the vanished …
Title: The Perfect GuestsAuthor: Emma Rous Genre: MysteryPublished On: January 12, 2021Publisher: Berkley BooksSource: digitalPages: 400 Synopsis: The USA Today bestselling author of The Au Pair returns with another delicious, twisty novel—about a grand estate with many secrets, an orphan caught in a web of lies, and a young woman playing a sinister game. 1988. Beth Soames is fourteen years …
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is Resolutions/Hopes for 2021 (bookish or not!). Hello Readers! I hope you’re all well and safe at the start of this (already tumultuous) new year. I seem to …
Hello Readers! We’ve finally arrived at the end of 2020! While it’s been a year full of unimaginable tragedies and hardships, there have been a few good things to come out of 2020. (But just a few.) One of those is books! Maybe it was a way to escape or cope—or maybe it was all …
Hello Readers! December was very different from normal for us here in Texas. It felt like Covid-19 was closing in swiftly as we watched some of our extended family and friends come down with it. While we’ve been social distancing and isolating all year, many here have not—which, sadly, has caused some tension in our …
Hello Readers! We made it through November!! And what a month it has been. Highs and lows that pretty much sum up the whole year. But I’m not going to talk about anything going on outside of books, today. There’s too much. I participated in NaNoWriMo for my seventh year (!!), I reached (and passed) …
Title: Enjoy the View (Moose Springs, Alaska #3)Author: Sarah Morgenthaler Genre: RomancePublished On: January 19, 2021Publisher: Sourcebooks CasablancaSource: digitalPages: 352 Synopsis: A grouchy mountaineer, a Hollywood starletAnd miles of untamed wilderness…What could possibly go wrong? Former Hollywood darling River Lane’s acting career is tanking fast. Determined to start fresh behind the camera, she agrees to film …
Title: I Want to Be Where the Normal People AreAuthor: Rachel Bloom Genre: Non-Fiction, Memoir, HumorPublished On: November 17, 2020Publisher: Grand Central PublishingSource: digitalPages: 256 Synopsis: In the vein of Mindy Kaling, Ali Wong, and Amy Poehler, a collection of hilarious personal essays, poems and even amusement park maps on the subjects of insecurity, fame, anxiety, …
Hello Readers! My November TBR may look similar to My October TBR. I ended up shifting some books around when I decided to participate in Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) again this year. I try not to read anything too consuming while I’m writing. This will be my sixth year to participate, and while part …
Hello Readers! Happy Halloween to those who celebrate! I can’t believe it’s the end of October, and we’re finally closing in on the last few days before our election here in the U.S. We didn’t know if this day would ever come. 😉 If you look back at My October TBR, you’ll see that I …
