Title: Big SummerAuthor: Jennifer WeinerGenre: Women’s Lit, Contemporary RomancePublished On: May 5, 2020Publisher: Atria BooksSource: digital copyPages: 368 Synopsis: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the “nothing short of brilliant” (People) Mrs. Everything returns with an unforgettable novel about friendship and forgiveness set during a disastrous wedding on picturesque Cape Cod. Six years after the fight that …
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ARC Book Review | Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney Boylan
Title: Good Boy: My Life in Seven DogsAuthor: Jennifer Finney BoylanGenre: Non-fiction, MemoirPublished On: April 21, 2020Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: Physical CopyPages: 272 Synopsis: From bestselling author of She’s Not There, New York Times opinion columnist, and human rights activist Jennifer Finney Boylan, Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs, a memoir of the transformative power of loving …
ARC Book Review: What You Wish For by Katherine Center
Title: What You Wish ForAuthor: Katherine CenterGenre: Contemporary RomancePublished On: July 14, 2020Publisher: St. Martin’s PressSource: Digital Copy, NetgalleyPages: 320 Synopsis: Samantha Casey loves everything about her job as an elementary school librarian on the sunny, historic island of Galveston, Texas—the goofy kids, the stately Victorian building, the butterfly garden. But when the school suddenly …
Book Review: The Simple Wild & Wild at Heart by K.A. Tucker
Title: The Simple Wild (Wild, #1); Wild at Heart (Wild, #2)Author: K.A. TuckerGenre: Contemporary RomancePublished On: 8/7/18, 2/18/20Publisher: Atria Books, K.A. TuckerSource: ebookPages: 390, 456 The Simple Wild synopsis: Calla Fletcher wasn’t even two when her mother took her and fled the Alaskan wild, unable to handle the isolation of the extreme, rural lifestyle, leaving …
ARC Book Review: The Honey-Don’t List by Christina Lauren
Title: The Honey-Don’t ListAuthor: Christina LaurenGenre: RomancePublished On: March 24, 2020Publisher: Gallery BooksSource: Digital Copy, NetgalleyPages: 308 Synopsis: Carey Douglas has worked for home remodeling and design gurus Melissa and Rusty Tripp for nearly a decade. A country girl at heart, Carey started in their first store at sixteen, and—more than anyone would suspect—has helped …
ARC Book Review: A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler
Title: A Good NeighborhoodAuthor: Therese Anne FowlerGenre: Literary FictionPublished On: March 10, 2020Publisher: St. Martin’s PressSource: Physical & Digital CopyPages: 279 Synopsis: In Oak Knoll, a verdant, tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood, professor of forestry and ecology Valerie Alston-Holt is raising her bright and talented biracial son. Xavier is headed to college in the fall, and …
Book Review: Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare
Title: Chain of Gold (The Last Hours, #1)Author: Cassandra ClareGenre: Young Adult, FantasyPublished On: 3/3/20Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry BooksSource: PhysicalPages: 624 Synopsis: Welcome to Edwardian London, a time of electric lights and long shadows, the celebration of artistic beauty and the wild pursuit of pleasure, with demons waiting in the dark. For years there has …
Book Review: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before Series by Jenny Han
Title: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before; P.S. I Still Love You; and Always and Forever, Lara JeanAuthor: Jenny HanGenre: Young Adult ContemporaryPublished On: 4/15/2014, 5/26/2015, 5/2/2017Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersSource: PhysicalPages: 355, 337, 325 Synopsis from To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before: This is the story of Lara Jean, …
ARC Book Review: Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin
Title: Saint XAuthor: Alexis SchaitkinGenre: Literary Fiction, ThrillerPublished On: February 18, 2020Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: PhysicalPages: 352 Synopsis: Claire is only seven years old when her college-age sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of their family vacation at a resort on the Caribbean island of Saint X. Several days later, Alison’s body is found in …
ARC Book Review: In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
Title: In Five YearsAuthor: Rebecca SerleGenre: Contemporary, Magical RealismPublished On: March 10, 2020Publisher: Atria BooksSource: EbookPages: 272 Synopsis: Perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day—a striking, powerful, and moving love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever. Where do you see yourself in five years? When …