Title: Shatter Me    Author: Tahereh Mafi Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy       Publisher: HarperCollins    Format: Paperback Pages: 338 Rating:4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days. The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch … Continue reading Book Review: Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Title: Did I Mention I Love You     Author: Estelle Maskame   Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary       Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire    Format: Paperback Pages: 393 Rating:4/5 stars *Warning: Mature Content. Parents Please be Advised* Synopsis (Goodreads):   Love is everything but expected. Eden Munro came to California for a summer of sun, sand, and celebrities—what … Continue reading Book Review: Did I Mention I Love You by Estelle Maskame

Title: Educated     Author: Tara Westover   Genre: Non-Fiction, Memoir        Publisher: Harper Collins   Format: Paperback Pages: 352 Rating:5/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling … Continue reading Book Review: Educated by Tara Westover

Title: Alias Grace     Author: Margaret Atwood Genre: Historical Fiction       Publisher: Emblem Editions   Format: Paperback Pages: 567 Rating:5/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): Sometimes I whisper it over to myself: Murderess. Murderess. It rustles, like a taffeta skirt along the floor. In 1843, a 16-year-old Canadian housemaid named Grace Marks was tried for the murder … Continue reading Book Review: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

Title: The Oyster Thief     Author: Sonia Faruqi Genre: YA Fantasy       Publisher: Pegasus Books   Format: Hardcover Pages: 384 Rating:4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): “It took her a journey across the ocean to learn what she knew of love and fear and hate, but the essence of it came to her in an instant, as … Continue reading Book Review: The Oyster Thief by Sonia Faruqi

Title: The Great Alone     Author: Kristin Hannah Genre: Historical Fiction      Publisher: St. Martins Press   Format: Hardcover Pages: 435 Rating:5/5 stars *Warning: domestic abuse is portrayed in the book.* Synopsis (Goodreads):   Alaska, 1974. Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed. For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival. Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes … Continue reading Book Review: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

Title: The Paying Guests    Author: Sarah Waters Genre: Historical Fiction      Publisher: Emblem Books Format: Paperback Pages: 564 Rating:3.5/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): The “volcanically sexy” (USA Today) bestseller about a widow and her daughter who take a young couple into their home in 1920s London. It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are … Continue reading Book Review: The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

Title: Shirley    Author: Charlotte Bronte   Genre: Classic Literature     Publisher: Wordsworth Classics Format: Paperback Pages: 482 Rating:3.5/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   Following the tremendous popular success of Jane Eyre, which earned her lifelong notoriety as a moral revolutionary, Charlotte Brontë vowed to write a sweeping social chronicle that focused on "something real and … Continue reading Book Review: Shirley by Charlotte Bronte

Title: Goodnight from London      Author: Jennifer Robson   Genre: Historical Fiction      Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   From USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Robson—author of Moonlight Over Paris and Somewhere in France—comes a lush historical novel that tells the fascinating story of Ruby Sutton, an … Continue reading Book Review: Goodnight from London by Jennifer Robson

Title: After the War is Over       Author: Jennifer Robson   Genre: Historical Fiction      Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Format: Paperback Pages: 353 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   The USA Today and #1 Toronto Globe & Mail bestselling author of Somewhere in France returns with her sweeping second novel—a tale of class, love, and … Continue reading Book Review: After the War is Over by Jennifer Robson