Author: Laurie Frankel Genre: Women’s Fiction Publisher: Henry Holt & Company/Macmillan Audio Publication Date: June 8, 2021 Book Description: In a town where nothing ever changes, suddenly everything does… Everyone knows everyone in the tiny town of Bourne, but the Mitchell triplets are especially beloved. Mirabel is the smartest person anyone knows, and no one…
Read MoreThe Disappearing Act – Book Review
Author: Catherine Steadman Genre: Mystery & Thrillers Publisher: Ballentine Books Publication Date: June 8, 2021 Book Description: Once a year, actors from across the globe descend on the smog and sunshine of Los Angeles for pilot season. Every cable network and studio is looking to fill the rosters of their new shows, enticing a fresh…
Read MoreHouse of Sticks – Book Review
Author: Ly Tran Genre: Memoir Publisher: Scribner Publication Date: June 1, 2021 Book Description: An intimate, beautifully written coming-of-age memoir recounting a young girl’s journey from war-torn Vietnam to Ridgewood, Queens, and her struggle to find her voice amid clashing cultural expectations. Ly Tran is just a toddler in 1993 when she and her family…
Read MoreSomebody’s Daughter – Mini Book Review
Author: Ashley C. Ford Genre: Memoir Publisher: Macmillan Audio Publication Date: June 1, 2021 Book Description: Through poverty, adolescence, and a fraught relationship with her mother, Ashley Ford wishes she could turn to her father for hope and encouragement. There are just a few problems: he’s in prison, and she doesn’t know what he did…
Read MoreThe Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
Author: Elizabeth Letts Genre: Non-Fiction Publisher: Ballantine Publication Date: June 1, 2021 Book Description: In 1954, sixty-three-year-old Maine farmer Annie Wilkins embarked on an impossible journey. She had no money and no family, she had just lost her farm, and her doctor had given her only two years to live. But Annie wanted to see…
Read MoreFor the Wolf – Mini Book Review
Author: Hannah Whitten Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Books Publication Date: June 1, 2021 Book Description: The first daughter is for the Throne.The second daughter is for the Wolf. For fans of Uprooted and The Bear and the Nightingale comes a dark, sweeping debut fantasy novel about a young woman who must be sacrificed to the legendary Wolf of the…
Read MoreOne Last Stop – Book Review
Author: Casey McQuiston Genre: Romance Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin/Macmillan Audio Publication Date: June 1, 2021 Book Description: For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. She can’t…
Read MoreMalibu Rising – Book Review
Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Ballentine Books Publication Date: June 1, 2021 Book Description: Malibu: August 1983. It’s the day of Nina Riva’s annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one…
Read MoreCheat Day – Book Review
Author: Liv Stratman Genre: General Fiction Publisher: Scribner Publication Date: May 25, 2021 Book Description: Kit and David were college sweethearts. Now married and twelve years older, they live in Kit’s childhood home in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. While David has a successful career, jetting off on work trips to exotic destinations, Kit is stuck in…
Read MoreThe Photographer – Mini Book Review
Author: Mary Dixie Carter Genre: General Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers Publisher: Minotaur Books Publication Date: May 25, 2021 Book Description: Mary Dixie Carter’s The Photographer is a slyly observed, suspenseful story of envy and obsession, told in the mesmerizing, irresistible voice of a character who will make you doubt that seeing is ever believing.…
Read More