The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters β 307 pages Book Blurb: July 1962. A Miβkmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the familyβs youngest child, vanishes. She is last seen by her six-year-old...
The Last Lifeboat by Hazel Gaynor β Audio ARC from PRH audio and Berkley Publishing Book Blurb: 1940, Kent : Alice King is not brave or daringβsheβs happiest finding adventure through the safe pages of books. But times of war demand courage, and as the threat of...
Fight Night by Miriam ToewsΒ β 336 pages ARC from Bloomsbury Publishing for an honest reviewΒ Book Blurb: Fight Night by Miriam ToewsΒ is told in the unforgettable voice of Swiv, a nine-year-old living in Toronto with her pregnant mother, who is raising Swiv while...
Ties that Tether by Jane Igharo β 336 pages ARC from Berkley and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: At twelve years old, Azere promised her dying father she would marry a Nigerian man and preserve her culture even after emigrating to Canada. Her mother has...
The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister β 320 pages ARC provided by St. Martins and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Book Blurb: Emmeline lives an enchanted childhood on a remote island with her father, who teaches her about the natural world through her...
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