Publisher: The Dial Press, March 14, 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 416 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): An emotionally layered and engrossing story of a family that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much … Continue reading Book Review: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
While we should be reading books by Black authors year round, I wanted to take a moment to celebrate Black History Month by sharing some of my fav books by Black authors. Swipe to see three five star books!-RebelNobody’s PrincessThe Wedding DateParty of TwoSeven Days in JuneGet A Life, Chloe BrownTies that TetherHomegoingYonderLet Us DescendAnother … Continue reading Book Recommendations for Black History Month
I love keeping track of the book that I add to my collection. This months book haul is brought to you by Christmas gift cards, and selling my books to a used bookstore for in store credit. I’m so lucky to have a secondhand store that gives store credit for your books! I think I … Continue reading January Book Haul and Wrap Up
Publisher: Northern Lights Press, March 1, 2024 Format: ebook Pages: 378 Rating: 3/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): In the vein of Naomi Novik’s Uprooted and Katherine Arden’s The Bear and the Nightingale— this unforgettable adult debut follows the journey of a young woman who seeks to defeat Death himself and save her village from his torment.As a young child, … Continue reading Book Review: The Bride of Death by F.M. Aden
Publisher: Atria Books, February 6, 2024 Format: ebook Pages: 336 Rating: 5/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): The final installment in the Regency Vows series follows the heir to a dukedom and a young widow, once very much in love, as they reunite years later to fake an engagement for the benefit of her sister.West, the Marquess … Continue reading Book Review: To Woo and to Wed by Martha Waters
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, February 6, 2024 Format: ebook Pages: 480 Rating: 5/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women—at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances … Continue reading Book Review: The Women by Kristin Hannah
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca, January 16, 2024 Format: ebook Pages: 336 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): Eurydice Dimitriou has always been the innocent sister, but she's finally ready to step out of the long shadow cast by her powerful family…and the ex who shattered her heart. Perhaps rough hands on soft skin are exactly what she … Continue reading Book Review: Midnight Ruin by Katee Robert
2023 was a great year for reading! Here are some stats before we get started! 218 books76,324 pages210 fiction, 8 nonfiction69 physical, 75 digital, 74 audioAverage book length: 350 pages69 five star reads BEST MYSTERY/THRILLER OF 2023 Empire of Wild by Cherie DimalineThe Cartographers by Peng ShepherdThe Lioness by Chris BohjalianThe Change by Kirsten MillerDaisy … Continue reading Top Books of 2023
Publisher: Celadon Books, January 16, 2024 Format: ebook Pages: 320 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): A masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex–movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by a murder ― from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient.This is a tale of … Continue reading Book Review: The Fury by Alex Michaelides
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, January 23, 2024 Format: ebook Pages: 336 Rating: 3.5/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world.In the glittering and ruthlessly competitive world … Continue reading Book Review: Diva by Daisy Goodwin
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