My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine – Audio ARC from PRH audio and Berkley for an honest review Book Blurb: Cassie Greenberg loves being an artist, but it’s a tough way to make a living. On the brink of eviction, she’s desperate when she finds a...
Hello Stranger by Katherine Center – Audio ARC from St. Martins Press and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Literally! One minute she’s celebrating the biggest achievement of her life—placing as a finalist in...
The Friday Night Club by Alyson Richman, M.J. Rose and Sofia Lundberg – 336 pages ARC from Berkley for an honest review Book Blurb: Early 1900s: The world belongs to men, and the art world in Stockholm, Sweden, is no different, until Hilma af Klint brings together a...
The Jeweler of Stolen Dreams by M.J. Rose – 354 pages ARC from Blue Box Press and Getred PR for an honest review Book Blurb: Paris, 1942. Suzanne Belperron is known as one of the most innovative jewelers of her time. Elsa Schiaparelli and the Duchess of Windsor are...
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...
Horse by Geraldine Brooks – Audio ARC from Viking and PRH Audio for an honest review Book Blurb: Horse by Geraldine Brooks: Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting...
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