Klara and the Sun byΒ Kazuo Ishiguro β Audio Book Blurb: From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street...
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng β 400 pagesΒ ARC from PRH audio for an honest review Book Blurb: Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng: Twelve-year-old Bird Gardner lives a quiet existence with his loving but broken father, a former linguist who now shelves books in a...
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas β 448 pagesΒ Book Blurb: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas: Feyre’s survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill β the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when...
Waking Romeo by Kathryn Barker β 384 pagesΒ ARC from Flatiron for an honest reviewΒ Book Blurb: Itβs the end of the world. Literally. Time travel is possible, but only forward. And only a handful of families choose to remain in the βnow,β living off of the scraps left...
The Power by Naomi Alderman – 341 pages Copy gifted by Goodreads in exchange for an honest review.Β Book Blurb: InΒ The PowerΒ the world is a recognisable place: there’s a rich Nigerian kid who lounges around the family pool; a foster girl whose religious...
The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker – 320 pages Book Blurb: In an isolated college town in the hills of Southern California, a freshman girl stumbles into her dorm room, falls asleepβand doesnβt wake up. She sleeps through the morning, into the evening. 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