Title: Where It All LandsAuthor: Jennie WexlerGenre: Young AdultPublished On: July 6, 2021Publisher: Wednesday BooksSource: physical (Goodreads giveaway)Pages: 352 Synopsis: CW: grief, death of parent, infidelity by a parentStevie Rosenstein has never made a true friend. Never fallen in love. Moved from city to city by her fatherβs unrelenting job, itβs too hard to care …
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ARC Review | Lady Sunshine by Amy Mason Doan
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 uncleβs sprawling estate …
ARC Review | Moonlighting: An Oral History by Scott Ryan
Title: Moonlighting: An Oral HistoryAuthor: Scott RyanGenre: Non-FictionPublished On: June 1, 2021Publisher: Fayetteville Mafia PressSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 288 Synopsis: Once upon a time ABC-TVβs Moonlighting was among the most buzzed-about shows in the country, thanks largely to the bravado of creator Glenn Gordon Caron, who never met a television convention he didnβt want to break, …
ARC Review | The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
Title: The MaidensAuthor: Alex MichaelidesGenre: Fiction, ThrillerPublished On: June 15, 2021Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: physicalPages: 352 Synopsis: Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alikeβparticularly by the members of a secret society …
ARC Review | The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Title: The Other Black GirlAuthor: Zakiya Dalila HarrisGenre: Fiction, ThrillerPublished On: June 1, 2021Publisher: Atria BooksSource: physicalPages: 368 Synopsis: Get Out meets The Stepford Wives in this electric debut about the tension that unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing. Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired …
ARC Book Review | Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Title: Malibu RisingAuthor: Taylor Jenkins Reid Genre: RomancePublished On: June 1, 2021Publisher: Ballantine BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 384 Synopsis: Malibu: August 1983. It’s the day of Nina Riva’s annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one …
Book Review | Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater
Title: Mister Impossible (Dreamer Trilogy, #2)Author: Maggie StiefvaterGenre: YA FantasyPublished On: May 18, 2021Publisher: Scholastic PressSource: physicalPages: 320 Synopsis: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Raven Boys, a mesmerizing story of dreams and desires, death and destiny. The stakes have never been higher as it seems like either the end of the world or …
ARC Book Review | Summer in the City by Lori Wilde, Priscilla Oliveras, and Sarah Skilton
Title: Summer in the CityAuthor: Lori Wilde, Priscilla Oliveras, & Sarah SkiltonGenre: Romance, AnthologyPublished On: May 25, 2021Publisher: Kensington BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 320 Synopsis: Each connected novella in this fun, fresh Rom-Com anthology follows a different woman from a group of NYC friends whose plans to escape the summer heat with a fabulous girls-only weekend …
ARC Book Review | Version Zero by David Yoon
Title: Version ZeroAuthor: David Yoon Genre: Sci-Fi, ThrillerPublished On: May 25, 2021Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s SonsSource: digital (Netgalley – Shelf Awareness Winner)Pages: 368 Synopsis: A lightning fast and scorchingly observant novel of the moment, Version Zero is a thrilling, humorous adult debut from the brilliant mind of New York Times bestselling author David Yoon. Reboot the present. Save the future. Max, …
Book Review | People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
Title: People We Meet on VacationAuthor: Emily HenryGenre: RomancePublished On: May 11, 2021Publisher: Berkley BooksSource: physicalPages: 384 Synopsis: Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love. Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. Sheβs a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers …