Author: V.C. Andrews Genre: General Fiction Publisher: Gallery Books Published: August 27, 2019 Book Description: Two generations before Corinne Foxworth locked her children in an attic, her grandmother, a gorgeous young girl named Corrine Dixon, is swept away by the charms of rich, sophisticated, and handsome Garland Foxworth. After discovering that she’s pregnant, Garland does…
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Buy on Amazon Author: Megan Miranda Genre: Psychological Thriller Publisher: Simon & Schuster Published: June 18, 2019 Book Description: Littleport, Maine, has always felt like two separate towns: an ideal vacation enclave for the wealthy, whose summer homes line the coastline; and a simple harbor community for the year-round residents whose livelihoods rely on service…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up – August 19, 2019
Hi all, another week is in the books. For me, I spent quality time visiting family in New York and celebrating my Grandpa’s 90th birthday. It was quite a celebration. I managed to get in some reading though most of this was on the back-end of the week. I am personally trying to get through…
Read MoreThe Reckless Oath We Made – Book Review
Buy on Amazon Author: Bryn Greenwood Genre: Contemporary Fiction Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Published: August 20, 2019 Book Description: Zee is nobody’s fairy tale princess. Almost six-foot, with a redhead’s temper and a shattered hip, she has a long list of worries: never-ending bills, her beautiful, gullible sister, her five-year-old nephew, her housebound mother, and…
Read MoreGoing Dutch – Book Review
Buy on Amazon Author: James Gregor Genre: Contemporary Fiction Publisher: Simon & Schuster Published: August 20, 2019 Book Description: Exhausted by dead-end forays in the gay dating scene, surrounded constantly by friends but deeply lonely in New York City, and drifting into academic abyss, twenty-something graduate student Richard has plenty of sources of anxiety. But…
Read MoreLady in the Lake – Book Review
Buy on Amazon Author: Laura Lippman Genre: Historical Fiction/Crime Publisher: William Morrow Published: July 23, 2019 Book Description: In 1966, Baltimore is a city of secrets that everyone seems to know—everyone, that is, except Madeline “Maddie” Schwartz. Last year, she was a happy, even pampered housewife. This year, she’s bolted from her marriage of almost…
Read MoreFleishman is in Trouble -Book Review
Buy on Amazon Author: Taffy Brodesser-Akner Genre: Contemporary Fiction Publisher: Random House Published: June 18, 2019 Book Description: Toby Fleishman thought he knew what to expect when he and his wife of almost fifteen years separated: weekends and every other holiday with the kids, some residual bitterness, the occasional moment of tension in their co-parenting…
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