Reading
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Special Feature: Where Butterflies Go by Debra Doxer
Where Butterflies Go by Debra Doxer Publication Date: October 7, 2020Paperback & eBook; 270 pages Genre: Historical Fiction Meira Sokolow had the misfortune of being born to Jewish parents in Warsaw, Poland, in 1912. Before she took her first breath, her fate had been sealed. Residing in the Jewish Quarter of the city, Meira’s early life was typical. She fell in love with a local boy, got married, and had a daughter. Then the German army marched into Warsaw and everything changed. Forced into the ghetto with her family, she found survival to be a daily struggle. Hunger, disease, and unimaginable cruelty were her stark realities. When the ghetto was…
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Special Feature: Perfectly Impossible by Elizabeth Topp
This book was an Amazon First Reads last month and has been getting a lot of rave reviews! I love the cover and I think the story sounds super cute! A little bit womens fiction, a little bit chick lit, and a little bit of romance sounds like a great mix for a fun light read going into the winter holiday season! It sounds like it’s going to be a funny book with lots of promise from this debut author! I couldn’t fit this one into my review schedule for the fall but I am excited to share all about it today on my blog with you guys! If you…
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Review: The Residence by Andrew Pyper
Election Day was yesterday and I thought what better way to celebrate our right to vote by reading this horror novel about the White House and it’s ghosts. Regardless of who you voted for or if you are happy or sad about the outcome, this book is going to give you all the thrills and chills that politics are kind of known for and the best part is you don’t have to turn on the TV to get the thrills and chills…..open this book instead. It’s just as scary as modern politics. I was really drawn into this one because of the premise. I loved the setting and thought the…
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Special Feature: The Forgotten Sister by by Nicola Cornick
If cannot believe that I haven’t read anything by Nicola Cornick before. I have many of her books on my shelf but I haven’t read one of them yet. She is one of those authors that I keep meaning to read because so many people love her books and I hate missing out on great reads, but for some reason I get distracted by other books and just keep missing hers! Well today I am thrilled to share a little excerpt from her latest book with you guys today! I am hoping to read this one a little while later this fall, while this little excerpt might only be part…
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Special Feature and Excerpt: The Gentleman and the Thief (Proper Romance Victorian #2) by Sarah M Eden
I have been in the mood for a proper Victorian romance lately! I mean the last 4-6 weeks all I have been reading are murder mysteries and horror so a romance would be a nice little break. This romance sounds like it’s going to be charming and fun and today I have a lovely excerpt up on my blog to check out! After reading this little blurb, I can hardly wait to read this one! Sadly I couldn’t fit it in for the upcoming tour as a review, but I am going to read it all the same and will be posting a review here soon but for now be…
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Special Feature: The Wrong Kind of Woman by Sarah McCraw Crow
I love books about strong women and this book sounds like it’s going to be a big hit for fans of women’s fiction as well as strong female heroines that face their own personal struggles. I think the 1960s and 70s were such a pivotal time for women and it sounds like this book is going to capitalize on many of the issues of that time period which sounds exciting. While I could not fit this book on my review schedule for the fall, I am thrilled that I get to bring you guys a little excerpt. I hope you take a look and enjoy this little sneak peak as…
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Review: Carrie by Stephen King
Every year in October my sister and I pick a book (or two) and do a buddy read. The last few years we have read a classic (Frankenstein which we both couldn’t finish) and then last year we read Stephen King’s novel, The Shining. This year we talked about reading something else but King and ultimately settled on Carrie because it was one of his shorter works and it was his very first novel to be picked up by a publisher. My book club also selected this one as our October read for many of the same reasons so it was nice to have a couple of opportunities to discuss…
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Review: The Death of Mrs Westaway by Ruth Ware (Audible Edition)
Ruth Ware has been on my radar for quite some time, especially this book. I wanted to read it last year for October but then got on to something else. I have wanted to pick it up several times this year but I have heard such mixed reviews that I just wasn’t sure which book to pick as my first Ruth Ware experience. Finally, after much debate, I just decided to go for it and read this book as my first Ruth Ware book since I loved the premise of the summary. It was an interesting read for me and not quite what I was expecting but yet at the…
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Review: One In Three by Tess Stimson (Audible Edition)
One of my friends raved about this book and one of my favorite narrators performs one of the parts in the Audible edition so it wasn’t a hard sell to get me to read this book. Our book club ladies are avid murder mystery/thriller readers so it’s sometimes hard to find books that we all haven’t read but even though this wasn’t an official book club pick, many of us read it based on one of our members suggestions. I didn’t know much more than that based on her recommendation but I was eager to check it out all the same. When I started listening to it, I was hooked.…
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Cover Reveal: Rhapsody By Mitchell James Kaplan
Rhapsody By Mitchell James Kaplan Publication Date: March 2, 2021Gallery BooksHardcover, eBook, Audiobook; 352 pages Genre: Biographical/Literary/Historical One evening in 1924, Katharine “Kay” Swift—the restless but loyal society wife of wealthy banker James Warburg and a serious pianist who longs for recognition—attends a concert. The piece: Rhapsody in Blue. The composer: a brilliant, elusive young musical genius named George Gershwin. Kay is transfixed, helpless to resist the magnetic pull of George’s talent, charm, and swagger. Their ten-year love affair, complicated by her conflicted loyalty to her husband and the twists and turns of her own musical career, ends only with George’s death from a brain tumor at the age of…