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May 22, 2020
Book Review: The Selection
Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian, Romance Blurb (Goodreads): For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous… Continue reading Book Review: The Selection
May 21, 2020
Book Review: The Dark Stalkers
Genre: Fiction, suspense Published by author April 2019 Blurb (Goodreads): In a town not too dissimilar to yours lived Martha Railer; a solitary individual who lived by herself, yet enjoyed the company of her close friends whom she spent time with on days out. In a realm outside of human perception, something sinister had been… Continue reading Book Review: The Dark Stalkers
May 20, 2020
Book Review: Book of Lost Friends
Genre: Historical Fiction Blurb (Goodreads): Lisa Wingate brings to life stories from actual “Lost Friends” advertisements that appeared in Southern newspapers after the Civil War, as freed slaves desperately searched for loved ones who had been sold off. Louisiana, 1875 In the tumultuous aftermath of Reconstruction, three young women set off as unwilling companions on a… Continue reading Book Review: Book of Lost Friends
May 18, 2020
Book Review: Dear Edward
Genre: Contemporary Fiction Blurb (Goodreads): One summer morning, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, his beloved older brother, his parents, and 183 other passengers board a flight in Newark headed for Los Angeles. Among them is a Wall Street wunderkind, a young woman coming to terms with an unexpected pregnancy, an injured vet returning from Afghanistan, a septuagenarian… Continue reading Book Review: Dear Edward
May 17, 2020
Book Review: Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel
Genre: contemporary fiction, family drama Blurb from Goodreads: Tilly was a bright, outgoing little girl who liked playing with ghosts and matches. She loved fizzy drinks, swear words, fish fingers and Catholic churches, but most of all she loved living in Brighton in Queenie Malone’s Magnificent Paradise Hotel with its endearing and loving family of… Continue reading Book Review: Queenie Malone’s Paradise Hotel
May 15, 2020
Book Review: A Gleam of Light
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller Blurb (Goodreads): In 1995, at the age of eight, Una Waters survived a terrifying encounter at 30,000 feet aboard Flight 564 from Dallas to Las Vegas. It changed her forever. After 21 years, and a decade away from the Hopi Reservation where she grew up as a child, a surprise plea… Continue reading Book Review: A Gleam of Light
May 14, 2020
Book Review: The Safe Place
Genre: Fiction, Thriller Publication June 30, 2020 by Affirm Press384 pages Blurb (Goodreads): A BEAUTIFUL HOME MIGHT HIDE DANGEROUS SECRETS . . . Emily Proudman has been offered the chance of a lifetime – leave her messy London life, move to a beautiful estate in France and help her boss’s wife take care of their… Continue reading Book Review: The Safe Place
May 13, 2020
Book Review: The Beast’s Heart
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling, Romance Blurb (Goodreads): I am neither monster nor man—yet I am both. I am the Beast. The day I was cursed to this wretched existence was the day I was saved—although it did not feel so at the time. My redemption sprung from contemptible roots; I am not… Continue reading Book Review: The Beast’s Heart
May 11, 2020
Book Review: Lady Midnight
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal Blurb (Goodreads): The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare’s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Lady Midnight is a Shadowhunters novel. It’s been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink… Continue reading Book Review: Lady Midnight
May 8, 2020
Book Review: Red Hood
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Fairytale Retellings Blurb (Goodreads): You are alone in the woods, seen only by the unblinking yellow moon. Your hands are empty. You are nearly naked. And the wolf is angry. Since her grandmother became her caretaker when she was four years old, Bisou Martel has lived a quiet life in a… Continue reading Book Review: Red Hood
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