The Lost Family by Jenna Blum β 432 pages Book Blurb: In 1965 Manhattan, patrons flock to Mashaβs to savor its brisket bourguignon and impeccable service and to admire its dashing owner and head chef Peter Rashkin. With his movie-star good looks and tragic past,...
Night Of Miracles by Elizabeth Bergβ 288 pages Book Blurb: Lucille Howard is getting on in years, but she stays busy. Thanks to the inspiration of her dearly departed friend Arthur Truluv, she has begun to teach baking classes, sharing the secrets to her delicious...
A Beautiful Terrible Thing:Β A Memoir of Marriage and Betrayal by Jen Waiteβ 272 pages Book Blurb: What do you do when you discover that the person you’ve built your life around never existed? When “it could never happen to me”Β doesΒ happen to...
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The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoangβ audio Book Blurb: Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases–a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with, and way less...
The Fourteenth of September by Rita Dragonette β 385 pages ARC sent from JKS Comm. in exchange for an honest review. Book Blurb: On September 14, 1969, Private First Class Judy Talton celebrates her nineteenth birthday by secretly joining the campus anti-Vietnam War...
The Kennedy Debutante by Kerri Maher β 384 pages ARC courtesy of Berkley Books in exchange for an honest review. Book Blurb: London, 1938. The effervescent “It girl” of London society since her father was named the ambassador, Kathleen “Kick”...
The Book Of Essie by Meghan Maclean Weir β 336 pages Book Blurb: Esther Ann Hicks–Essie–is the youngest child onΒ Six for Hicks,a reality television phenomenon. She’s grown up in the spotlight, both idolized and despised for her family’s...
Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan β 385 pages ARC from Thomas Nelson Publishing in exchange for an honest review. Book Blurb: When poet and writer Joy Davidman began writing letters to C. S. Lewisβknown as Jackβshe was looking for spiritual answers, not love....
Review:Strangers in the Night by Heather Webb was an intimate introduction to Frank Sinatra and his lifelong love, Ava Gardner. Admittedly, I knew next to nothing about the man or the woman behind their star status. I for sure have heard Frankβs music as my parents were, and still are, fans of his songs.The good news is that by writing in the first person from Frankβs POV and Avaβs POV, the reader is introduced to them in an accessible way. It didnβt matter if youβve been a lifelong fan or not familiar with either of them, we all start the book as equals.I was shocked at the at how fast their relationship could go from cold to hot. The way they could both love and fight with such passion and acrimony was crazy. Yet they always, well almost always, came back to one another.Learning about how they were raised, the struggles they went through, and the allowances given to men (not women) were all addressed throughout the book. Depression, alcoholism, addiction, and infidelity were commonplace in star-studded Hollywood.Fans of movies and old Hollywood will adore this book and folks like me, who knew little to none about Frank and Ava will enjoy it too!Heather Webb, Author @msheatherwebb @williammorrowbooks π What's your favorite song? π#newreview#bookreader#bookreview#goodbookfairybookreview #tbr #AddtoTBR#goodbookfairy... See MoreSee Less