The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges – 352 pages ARC from Berkley and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: From her attic in the Arizona mountains, thirty-four-year-old Myra Malone blogs about a dollhouse mansion that captivates thousands of...
When We Had Wings by Susan Meissner, Kristina McMorris, Ariel Lawhon – 432 pages ARC from Harper Muse and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: When We Had Wings: The Philippines, 1941. When U.S. Navy nurse Eleanor Lindstrom, U.S. Army nurse Penny Franklin, and...
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro – 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...
Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson -256 pages ARC from Ecco and Netgally for an honest review Book Blurb: Now Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson Sixteen-year-old Frankie Budge—aspiring writer, indifferent student, offbeat loner—is determined to make it...
The Rewind by Allison Winn Scotch – 368 pages ARC from Berkley and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: The Rewind by Allison Winn Scotch: When college sweethearts Frankie and Ezra broke up before graduation, they vowed to never speak to each other again. Ten...
Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan – Audio Book Blurb: Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan: For Sewanee Chester, being an audiobook narrator is a long way from her old dreams, but the days of being a star on film sets are long behind her. She’s found success...
Every day I clean the Winchesters’ 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
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters is a novel not to be missed. I went into the book completely blind, and it served me well. I still can’t believe this is a debut.When Ruthie, the youngest in a large Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia goes missing, her family is wrought with grief. Joe, one of the protagonists suffers the most as he was the last person with Ruthie. His life is shattered in many ways, both physically and emotionally. Not a day goes by where he doesn’t feel guilt and/or shame for his behavior. We learn early on that Ruthie was taken by a woman unable to hold a pregnancy. She is overprotective to a fault for fears of Ruthie (now Norma) getting hurt or recognized. Norma has dreams that relate to her family, but she was too young at four years old to have any real memories of her earlier family. Norma’s parents completely ignore her dreams by shushing them away.There is a lot of grief in this book, but there is also many lessons about forgiveness and hope. Peters also touches on alcoholism, discrimination, and terminal illness. At its heart, this book centers around the meaning of family, the hope of reunion and the ties that bond one person to another.I will be first in line to pick up Peters next book. The writing was exquisite.@amandapetersauthor #Catapult 📘 Have you ever been berry 🫐🍓 picking? #newbookreview#bookreview#bookreader#TBR #addtoTBR #booklover#bookstagram#goodbookfairy#goodbookfairybookreview ... See MoreSee Less