The Last Russian Doll by Kristen Loesch – 384 pages ARC from Berkley and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: The Last Russian Doll by Kristen Loesch: In a faraway kingdom, in a long-ago land…a young girl lived happily in Moscow with her family: a...
Winterland by Rae Meadows – 448 pages ARC from Henry Holt and Co. for an honest review Book Blurb: Winterland by Rae Meadows: In the Soviet Union in 1973, there is perhaps no greater honor for a young girl than to be chosen to be part of the famed USSR gymnastics...
The Warsaw Orphan by Kelly Rimmer – 416 pages ARC from Netgalley and Graydon House for an honest review Book Blurb: In the spring of 1942, young Elzbieta Rabinek is aware of the swiftly growing discord just beyond the courtyard of her comfortable Warsaw home. She has...
Something Unbelievable by Maria Kuznetsova– 288 pages ARC from Random House and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Larissa is a stubborn, brutally honest woman in her eighties, tired of her home in Kiev, Ukraine–tired of everything really, except for her...
The Last Tiara by MJ Rose – 437 pages ARC from Get Red PR for an honest review Book Blurb: Sophia Moon had always been reticent about her life in Russia and when she dies, suspiciously, on a wintry New York evening, Isobelle despairs that her mother’s secrets have...
The Lost Daughter by Gill Paul – 464 pages ARC provided by William Morrow for an honest review. Book Blurb: A Russian princess. An extraordinary sacrifice. A captivating secret…. From the number one best-selling author of The Secret Wife, The Lost Daughter is a...
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