Official Synopsis from Goodreads: A charming, irresistible debut novel set in London during World War II about an adventurous young woman who becomes a secret advice columnist—a warm, funny, and enormously moving story for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and Lilac Girls. London 1940, bombs are falling. Emmy Lake is … More Book Review: Dear Mrs. Bird by AJ Pearce
Official Synopsis from Goodreads: No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone … More Book Review: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Official Synopsis from Goodreads: An intimate portrait of the close friendship and powerful creative partnership between two of Hollywood’s earliest female superstars: Frances Marion and Mary Pickford. An enchanting new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue and The Aviator’s Wife. Hollywood, 1914. Frances Marion, a young … More ARC Review: The Girls in the Picture by Melanie Benjamin
Official Synopsis from Goodreads: A French Wedding is a delicious novel about six college friends reuniting on the coast of Brittany to celebrate one of their own’s fortieth birthday. With sumptuous food and plenty of wine, the table is set for tricky romantic entanglements, fiery outbursts, and a range of secrets. Readers who loved The … More ARC Review: A French Wedding by Hannah Tunnicliffe
Official Synopsis from Goodreads: Bea has barely been scraping by since her husband died. After falling for a telephone scam, she loses everything and is forced to abandon her trailer. With only two-thirds of a tank in her old van, she heads toward the Pacific Ocean with her cat—on a mission to reclaim what’s rightfully … More ARC Review: Allie and Bea by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Official Synopsis from Goodreads: Dill has had to wrestle with vipers his whole life at home, as the only son of a Pentecostal minister who urges him to handle poisonous rattlesnakes, and at school, where he faces down bullies who target him for his father’s extreme faith and very public fall from grace. The only … More Book Review: The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
Synopsis: Clementine and Erica have been friends since childhood. One day, they and their husbands attend a barbecue at Erika’s neighbors house. What happens there is shrouded in mystery, and Truly Madly Guilty weaves different point of views and timelines together to make sense of what happened that day. Review: I enjoyed the first half … More Book Review: Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
Synopsis: Told in letters from 1949 to 1969, Helene lives in NYC and searches for old books. She corresponds with Frank at Marks & Co., in London, which sells vintage books, and they write letters back and forth over the years. Review: A short, sweet read that is probably best read all at once. 84, … More Book Review: 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
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