Publisher: Picador, January 1, 1997 Format: paperback Pages: 321 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): Her name is Dinah. In the Bible, her life is only hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters of the Book of Genesis that tell of her father, Jacob, and his twelve sons.Told in … Continue reading Book Review: The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Publisher: Forever Publishing, March 5, 2024 Format: ebook Pages: 416 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): Soledad Barnes has her life all planned out. Because, of course, she does. She plans everything. She designs everything. She fixes everything. She’s a domestic goddess who's never met a party she couldn't host or a charge she couldn't lead. The one … Continue reading Book Review: This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, September 7, 2021 Format: Hardcover Pages: 356 Rating: 5/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he’d like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend, Eileen, is getting over a break-up and slips back into … Continue reading Book Review: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Publisher: Atria Books, October 18, 2022 Format: Paperback Pages: 323 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favorite Atlas’s side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the “glorious and touching” (USA TODAY) #1 New York Times bestseller It Ends with … Continue reading Book Review: It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover
The best part of spring is that summer is right around the corner, but let’s prep for spring with some floral book covers: Maame The book focuses on a young woman, Maddie, who cares for her ill father. When her mother returns from Ghana, she finally moves out on her own. The book explores the … Continue reading Floral Books for Spring
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
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