adult fiction
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Must Read Monday (16): The Lake House & A Curious Beginning
Welcome to another edition of Must Read Monday! This feature is where I spotlight current and/or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books to comics, children’s lit to adult fiction! This week I am featuring releases from Kate Morton and Deanna Read more
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Review: Who Do You Love by Jennifer Weiner
Review: Who Do You Love by Jennifer Weiner Source: ARC courtesy of Simon & Schuster. Thank you! Publication: August 11, 2015 by Atria Books Verdict: Good Book Description: An unforgettable story about true love, real life, and second chances… Rachel Blum and Andy Landis are just eight years old when they meet one night in Read more
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Review: The Paris Key by Juliet Blackwell
Review: The Paris Key by Juliet Blackwell Source: Galley courtesy of Kaye Publicity and Berkley-Penguin. Thank you! Publication: September 1, 2015 by NAL Verdict: Good Book Description: As a girl, Genevieve Martin spent the happiest summer of her life in Paris, learning the delicate art of locksmithing at her uncle’s side. But since then, living Read more
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Review: No Virgin Island by C. Michele Dorsey
Review: No Virgin Island (A Sabrina Salter Mystery #1) by C. Michele Dorsey Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Publication: August 11, 2015 by Crooked Lane Books Verdict: Good Book Description: In this sun-soaked mystery set in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Sabrina Salter traded a high-pressure job as a Boston meteorologist for Read more
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Review: Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes by Denise Grover Swank
Review: Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes (Rose Gardner Mystery #1) by Denise Grover Swank Source: Hardcopy courtesy of Crooked Lane Books. Thank you! Expected publication: August 11, 2015 by Crooked Lane Books Verdict: Good/Very Good Book Description: For Rose Gardner, working at the DMV is bad even before she has a vision of herself dead. Read more
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Review: The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon
Review: The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon Source: ARC courtesy of Random House of Canada via Goodreads First Reads. Thank you! Expected publication: August 4, 2015 by Doubleday Verdict: Good Book Description: Once the thriving attraction of rural Vermont, the Tower Motel now stands in disrepair, alive only in the memories of Amy, Piper, and Read more
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Review: Miss Emily by Nuala O’Connor
Review: Miss Emily by Nuala O’Connor Source: Digital galley courtesy of Penguin Canada via NetGalley. Thank you! Expected publication: July 14, 2015 by Penguin Canada Verdict: Very Good/Excellent Book Description: Ada Concannon’s first day in America is a success. She’s the new maid for the respected but eccentric Dickinson family of Amherst, Massachusetts. Despite the Read more
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Review: The Other Daughter by Lauren Willig
Review: The Other Daughter by Lauren Willig Source: Digital galley courtesy of St. Martin’s Press via NetGalley. Thank you! Expected publication: July 21, 2015 by St. Martin’s Press Verdict: Okay/Good Book Description: Raised in a poor yet genteel household, Rachel Woodley is working in France as a governess when she receives news that her mother Read more
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Review: Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave
Review: Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave Source: Digital Galley courtesy of Simon & Schuster via NetGalley. Thank you! Published: June 2, 2015 by Simon & Schuster Verdict: Okay/Good Book Description: There are secrets you share, and secrets you hide… Growing up on her family’s Sonoma vineyard, Georgia Ford learned some important secrets. The secret Read more
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Must Read Monday (6): Judy Blume & Deborah Install
I hope fellow Canadians are enjoying their Victoria Day weekend- and everyone else had a great weekend! Welcome to the sixth edition of Must Read Monday! On Mondays I will spotlight some new and/or upcoming releases I am looking forward to. The lists will include all genres I like to read, everything from picture books Read more
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