Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea โ 480 pages ย ARC from Little Brown and Co. and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: In 1943, Irene Woodward abandons an abusive fiancรฉ in New York to enlist with the Red Cross and head to Europe. She makes fast friends in...
The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel โ 384 pages ARC from Gallery Booksย and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Paris, 1939: Young mothers Elise and Juliette become fast friends the day they meet in the beautiful Bois de Boulogne. Though there is a shadow of...
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata โ Audio Book Blurb: Keiko Furukura had always been considered a strange child, and her parents always worried how she would get on in the real world, so when she takes on a job in a convenience store while at university, they...
Go As A River by Shelley Readย ARC from Spiegel and Grau and Netgalley for an honest reviewย Book Blurb: Victoria Nash is just a teenager in the 1940s, but she runs the household on her familyโs peach farm in the ranch town of Iola, Coloradoโthe sole surviving female...
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson โ 384 pages ARC from Netgalley and Simon and Schuster for an honest review Book Blurb: 1950s Philadelphia: fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother...
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver โ560 pages Book Blurb: Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored...
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control โ from the author of The Laws of Human Nature. I... read more
Review:Drive Me Crazy by Carly Robyn blew me away with its humor, heart, and heat. Iโm newer to rom-com (Romantic Comedy) and after reading quite a few of them, I totally think that this one shines above.Full disclosure, I know the author quite well. Sheโs my daughter; but itโs the honest truth when I say I loved the heck out of this book. I was literally laughing out loud at some points and fell hard in love with Blake, the broody Brit, and Ella, the relatable journalist who could be my BFF.The pacing of the story was spot on as I fell into the fast-paced life of an F1 driver, and the toll racing takes on both their minds and bodies. I appreciated the slow burn to the ultimately spicy and steamy romance. It made the wait and tension totally worth the wait! For me, smart conversation and good banter can make or break a book. This one had so much wit and humor that Iโd be happy with that alone.The settings in this book take the reader all around Europe which makes for great escapes. Ella, who hails from Chicago before moving to New York, offers many local references which I loved.On top of the heart, humor and heat, there are also some serious issues woven through the book such a loss of a parent, mental illness, and sexual abuse. These issues are presented with sensitivity and care.Bottom line, if youโre looking for a book to make you laugh with a good dollop of spice, pick this one up. Readers are all saying they canโt wait for the second in the series.@carlyrobynauthor ๐Have you ever watched an Formula One race? OR Favorite trope in rom-coms? ... See MoreSee Less