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...
Luster by Raven Leilani β 240 pages ARC from Farrar, Straus and Giroux and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Book Blurb: Edie is stumbling her way through her twentiesβsharing a subpar apartment in Bushwick, clocking in and out of her admin job, making a...
The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis β 354 pages ARC from Dutton and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: It’s 1913, and on the surface, Laura Lyons couldn’t ask for more out of life–her husband is the superintendent of the New York Public...
The Last Train to Key West by Channel Cleeton β 320 pages ARC courtesy of Berkley Books and Netgalley for an honest Book Blurb: Everyone journeys to Key West searching for something. For the tourists traveling on Henry Flaglerβs legendary Overseas Railroad, Labor Day...
Seven by Farzana Doctor β 416 pages ARC from Dundurn for an honest review Book Blurb: When Sharifa accompanies her husband on a marriage-saving trip to India, she thinks that she’s going to research her great-great-grandfather, a wealthy business leader and...
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett β 343 pages Book Blurb: The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it’s not just the shape of their daily lives that is...
Now even younger children can follow the little green caterpillar as he eats his way to becoming a beautiful butterfly in this sturdy board book Great for early development Children will enjoy this delightful tale Ages 2 to 5
Every day I clean the Winchestersβ beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I try to ignore how Nina makes a... read more
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