Happy Easter/Passover/long weekend everyone! I was beyond thrilled when my NetGalley request to read an ARC of Bellewether was approved earlier this week. Susanna Kearsley's novels are some of my favorite escapist reads, and I cannot wait to inhale this historical fiction treat, along with my Cadbury mini eggs, over the weekend! Keep scrolling for this week’s... Continue Reading →
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and Reading Reality all about sharing the books we are adding to our shelves, whether physical or virtual. I've added four new gems to my shelves this week: I took advantage of two great Kindle Deals for books I've been interested... Continue Reading →
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and Reading Reality all about sharing the books we are adding to our shelves, whether physical or virtual. I haven't participated in STS since early January, so this is a roundup of all the books I've acquired since then. Physical Books: I've only... Continue Reading →
The Immortalists, Chloe Benjamin Published January 9th, 2018 During a quiet summer day in 1969, the four bored Gold siblings make a trek through New York City's Lower East Side, on an ill-fated mission that will forever change the course of their lives. Varya, thirteen; Daniel, eleven; Klara, nine; and Simon, seven, seek out a... Continue Reading →
Snowdrift and Other Stories, Georgette Heyer Published: October 2017, Originally Published: 1960 Note: This collection is a reprint of Pistols for Two with the addition of three previously unpublished stories. For me, Georgette Heyer is as comforting as a steaming cup of tea in one of my favorite mugs; as cozy as a soft and warm blanket;... Continue Reading →
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and Reading Reality all about sharing the books we are adding to our shelves, whether physical or virtual. Another week, another ARC haul... Sugar Money by Jane Harris I loved Harris' previous novel Gillespie and I, and thought it was worth checking out her latest.... Continue Reading →
The Medievalist, Anne-Marie Lacy Expected Publication: October 31st Historian Jane Lyons has been having recurring nightmares about her distant ancestor King Richard III for years. She has dedicated her academic career to finding evidence to prove that Richard did not in fact murder his young nephews-the Princes in the Tower-as is commonly believed. When she... Continue Reading →
Stay With Me, Ayobami Adebayo Published August 1, 2017 Set in Nigeria and spanning over a decade, Stay With Me is a powerful novel about marriage, loss, motherhood, tradition, and self-identity. It is a novel in which traditional Nigerian customs and culture come into conflict with modern Nigerian life. Yejide has been happily married to her husband... Continue Reading →
Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews and Reading Reality all about sharing the books we are adding to our shelves, whether physical or virtual. This week I've added an eARC and an ebook to my shelves: I requested and received an arc of The Medievalist by Anne-Marie Lacy from... Continue Reading →
For Austen in August, I read two contemporary fiction novels with Austen themes: Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld and The Austen Escape by Katherine Reay. Unfortunately, I didn't love either of these Austen related reads... Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld This modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice is the fourth installment in the Austen Project Series, a series in which six contemporary... Continue Reading →
Dwell in Possibility 