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Special Feature: You Me Everything by Catherine Isaac
Are you dying to escape to the French countryside this summer but are confined to your couch? I know that when I have to stay where I am, there is nothing like a novel with an excellent setting to boost my spirits and transport me when I need it most! Well if you are anything like me, then you need look no further than You Me Everything and get transported to the French countryside and get lost in a book about family secrets and love. I am thrilled to be able to share this book with you all so that you have it on your review radar. This one sounds…
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Special Feature: THE SUMMER GUESTS by Mary Alice Monroe
Summer reading is in full swing and I can’t tell you how many good books have popped up on my radar these last couple of months! I love seeing all the bright, springy covers and this one is one of my favorites! That cover looks like it fell right out of a Martha Stewart magazine and I absolutely love it and it screams ‘summer time’ to me. Mary Alice Monroe is a new to me author, but she has written a number of women’s fiction novels with the majority being summer time focused. This book has had a ton of advanced praise and is out now, so I wanted to…
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Review: Summer on Mirror Lake (Honeymoon Harbor #3) by JoAnn Ross
I have only just discovered JoAnn Ross recently when I read her Christmas romance, Snowfall on Lighthouse Lane, which is also part of the Honeymoon Harbor series. I found her writing well practiced and the story entertaining and I was open to reading more of her books. As winter gave way to spring, another Honeymoon Harbor popped up as a review request and since I love summer romances, I figured this was a great time to say yes to another one of JoAnn Ross’s books! This cover was especially eye catching and since the story is set in the Pacific Northwest, I couldn’t help but be excited by both the…
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Review: The Favorite Daughter by Patti Callahan Henry
I recently read Becoming Mrs Lewis by Patti Callahan (Henry) and I fell in love with that book and was eager to read some of her more contemporary books. I had been pitched her book, The Bookshop at Water’s End, back in 2017 and passed at the time and now I am so sad that I did because I would have discovered this author long before now! At any rate, I was thrilled to read this book when it came out and was looking forward to reading some of her contemporary fiction to see how it compared to her historical work. I knew that each book would be vastly different…
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Review: The Friends We Keep by Jane Green
This is a book that I might have passed on if it hadn’t been for the thoughtful card from the author included in my pitch request. I have been reading a ton of women’s fiction lately and while so many of them are good, there are some that are just ok. And as I have been reading so many lately, I am trying to be a little more selective. This book arrived with the coolest welcome package ever, a makeup bag full of chocolates (and not the cheap kind either!), a fun bracelet, the book (dah!), and a hand written note for Jane Green herself! I appreciate little things like…
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REVIEW: Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors (The Rajes #1) by Sonali Dev
This is an author that I have been really really looking forward to reading. She’s written a number of ‘Bollywood’ books and while I am not Indian, I think their culture is exotic, colorful, and interesting. This book is the first installment in a new series about the Rajes family and I was thrilled that I got to read this one, especially since there is a Pride and Prejudice element to the story. I would definitely put this book in the retelling category, but it was so much more than just another P & P retelling. With it’s cultural aspect, this book adds a lot of uniqueness and color to…
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REVIEW: The Royal Secret by Lucinda Riley
I have been a long time fan of Lucinda Riley and am making my way through the Seven Sister’s books again, this time on audiobook. I absolutely love her writing and count her as one of my favorite authors. When I saw that she had a new book coming out in the US (it was already published in the UK I believe), I was thrilled and eager to read it. Her books tend to be on the longish side, but I was happy to adjust my schedule and work this book in because I know the kind of books she writes and I was sure to not be disappointed. Though…
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Review: Sunset Beach by Mary Kay Andrews
I’ve made it my mission this year to read more beach reads…..though not necessarily by choice. In the past, I didn’t read a ton of beach reads, mostly because I didn’t really understand the appeal. If I am going to read, I want to read something with some depth. But then I had a kid and sometimes I just need easy, relaxing plots with a laid back vibe. Plus after a read one of two beach reads, I discovered that they weren’t all full of ‘flimsy’ plots that were predictable. In fact many were downright interesting! When this book came up for review I saw that Mary Kay Andrews is…
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Review: The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms
While the title didn’t resonate with me for this one—the second I saw the cover I was interested in reading it. I’m not sure why, but the title just didn’t stand out to me , I mean it totally should have because it was a fun little library play on words, but for some reason it just didn’t. Thank god for interesting cover art! This cover totally caught my eye and made me excited about reading it even if the title didn’t. I picked this book up on a random sunny day and instantly fell in love with Amy Byler.
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Special Feature: Good Trouble: Stories by Joseph O’Neill
I haven’t read anything by this author before but the cover of this book made me want to know more about it! I love the sweet duck on the cover so needless to say I am a sucker for cute animals on things like books. So that fact alone would make me stop and read the summary. This author sounds like he has a lot of notoriety and he really aims to capture stories of every day life in the modern world which is something I think our society really needs. While I can’t fit it into my review schedule for May, I am hoping to breeze through it this…