Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne JohnsonΒ ARC from Custom House and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Itβs 1938 and women seeking a quick, no-questions split from their husbands head to the βdivorce capital of the world,β Reno, Nevada. Thereβs one...
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi – Audio Book Blurb: Gifty is a fifth-year candidate in neuroscience at Stanford School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and addiction. Her brother, Nana, was a gifted...
The Grace Kelly Dress by Brenda Janowitz Book Blurb: In Paris, 1958, Grace Kellyβs royal wedding dress is still all the rage in fashion circles. Rose, a seamstress at a famous atelier, has just been entrusted with sewing another gown in its image. An orphan, she needs...
The Orchard by David Hopen – Audio Book Blurb: Ari Edenβs life has always been governed by strict rules. In ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn, his days are dedicated to intense study and religious rituals, and adolescence feels profoundly lonely. So when his family...
The Assignment by Liza M. Wiemer β 336 pages Book Blurb: SENIOR YEAR. When an assignment given by a favorite teacher instructs a group of students to argue for the Final Solution, a euphemism used to describe the Nazi plan for the genocide of the Jewish people, Logan...
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren – 336 pages Book Blurb: Itβs the most wonderful time of the yearβ¦but not for Maelyn Jones. Sheβs living with her parents, hates her going-nowhere job, and has just made a romantic error of epic proportions. But perhaps worst of...
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