I received a complimentary egalley of THE PHOTOGRAPHER by Mary Dixie Carter thanks to St. Martin's Press and Netgalley. I also received the advance listener copy thanks to Macmillan Audio! Rating: 3.5 / 5 THE PHOTOGRAPHER begins with photographer Delta working a birthday party for a young girl. She's captivated by the family and by… Continue reading THE PHOTOGRAPHER by Mary Dixie Carter (Out Today!)
Month: May 2021
Monday Reading Check In
Happy Monday book friends! I hope you had a lovely weekend! I intentionally planned to do absolutely nothing that required leaving the house, so my weekend was time with Kylee, reading and crafting! On the reading front, I a readathon on Saturday for the Around The Year in 52 Books which goes through next weekend.… Continue reading Monday Reading Check In
THE ROANOKE GIRLS by Amy Engel
Rating: 4 / 5 THE ROANOKE GIRLS by Amy Engel is set at the Roanoke family's estate. Lane was sent to live there with her grandparents and her cousin after her mother committed suicide. Her mother didn't tell her a lot about her life at Roanoke, but made it clear she never wanted to go… Continue reading THE ROANOKE GIRLS by Amy Engel
DEAR MARTIN by Nic Stone
Rating: 5 / 5 When I pulled a reading prompt to read something it seems like everyone else has already read, that left me with a lot of options, so I decided to combine it with the prompt to read a book about racism and settled on Nic Stone's DEAR MARTIN which has been sitting… Continue reading DEAR MARTIN by Nic Stone
THE BONE SEASON by Samantha Shannon
Rating: 4 / 5 I have heard so many fantastic reviews of THE BONE SEASON by Samantha Shannon and I really enjoyed reading the author's PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE, so I was eager to pick this one up. Being the first book in a series, I thought it worked well for my reading prompt… Continue reading THE BONE SEASON by Samantha Shannon
THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS by Arundhati Roy
Rating: 4.5 / 5 I have had THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS by Arundhati Roy on my TBR for ages and I picked up a copy at my local used book store a couple years back. When I saw that it worked for the #RoryGilmoreBookClub for an author of Asian descent in May, I immediately… Continue reading THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS by Arundhati Roy
THE GERMAN HOUSE by Annette Hess
Rating: 4.5 / 5 I won a copy of THE GERMAN HOUSE by Annette Hess a while back and I have been wanting to read it after seeing some great reviews. It seemed to fit my prompt for a book involving a fresh start given that the protagonist starts a new career so it seemed… Continue reading THE GERMAN HOUSE by Annette Hess
VENGEFUL by V.E. Schwab
Rating: 4 / 5 I have had a lot of fun buddy reading V.E. Schwab's books with one of my best booksta friends. For April, we followed up VICIOUS with the second book in the Villians duology, VENGEFUL. VENGEFUL is again set in a fairly normal world with the exception being that people of special… Continue reading VENGEFUL by V.E. Schwab
THE LOST APOTHECARY by Sarah Penner
Rating: 4.5 / 5 THE LOST APOTHECARY by Sarah Pennar was one of our April #SaturdayBookstaClub books, so I was thrilled to get a copy in my adult Once Upon a Book Club book box! This is one I was very hyped to get to! THE LOST APOTHECARY follows two timelines. In 1971, Nella works… Continue reading THE LOST APOTHECARY by Sarah Penner
LAST SUMMER AT THE GOLDEN HOTEL by Elysa Friedland (Out Today!)
I received a gifted galley of LAST SUMMER AT THE GOLDEN HOTEL by Elysa Friedland for an honest review. Thank you to Berkley Publishing Group and Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review! Publication Date: 5/25/2021 Rating: 4 / 5 LAST SUMMER AT THE GOLDEN HOTEL follows two families, the Goldmans and the Weingolds.… Continue reading LAST SUMMER AT THE GOLDEN HOTEL by Elysa Friedland (Out Today!)