Author: Ruth Reichl Genre: Food Memoirs Review: I had the pleasure of reading Save Me the Plums and Garlic and Sapphires in the last 6 weeks. Ruth Reichl is a genuine treasure. I absolutely devoured both of these books. Written 13 years apart you would never know. Save Me the Plums picks right up after…
Read MoreDaisy Jones & The Six
Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Genre: Fiction Publisher: Ballantine Books Published: March 5, 2019 Book Description: Everyone knows Daisy Jones & The Six, but nobody know the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity…until now. Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on…
Read MoreThe Marriage Clock
Author: Zara Raheem Genre: Contemporary Fiction Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Published: July 23, 2019 Book Description: Named a Must-Read Book of the Summer by POPSUGAR, Bustle, Book Riot and more! In Zara Raheem’s fresh, funny, smart debut, a young Muslim-American woman is given three months to find the right husband or else her traditional Indian…
Read MoreI’ll Never Tell
Author: Catherine McKenzie Genre: Mystery Publisher: Lake Union Published: June 1, 2019 Book Description: What happened to Amanda Holmes? Twenty years ago, she washed up on the shore in a rowboat with a gash to the head after an overnight at Camp Macaw. No one was ever charged with a crime. Now, the MacAllister children…
Read MoreThe Stationery Shop
Author: Marjan Kamali Genre: Fiction Pages: 308 Publisher: Gallery Books Published: June 18, 2019 Book Description: From the award-winning author of Together Tea — a debut novel hailed as “compassionate, funny, and wise” by Jill Davis, bestselling author of Girls’ Poker Night–comes a powerful love story exploring loss, reconciliation, and the quirks of fate. Roya…
Read MoreThe Need
Author: Helen Phillips Genre: Fiction Pages: 272 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Published: July 9, 2019 Book Description: When Molly, home alone with her two young children, hears footsteps in the living room, she tries to convince herself it’s the sleep deprivation. She’s been hearing things these days. Startling at loud noises. Imagining the worst-case scenario.…
Read MoreJune Book Round-up
The past few months I have been this terrible reading slump, and finally the month of June came I hit my reading stride. The above books are just my highest rated one, but overall I ready 29 book. For a recap of my recommendations please keep reading. Books Read: 29 4 1/2 and 5 Star…
Read MoreWhen We Left Cuba
Author: Chanel Cleeton Genre: Historical Fiction Pages: 341 Publisher: Berkley Books Published: April 9, 2010 Book Description: In 1960’s Florida, a young Cuban exile will risk her life–and heart–to take back her country in this exhilarating historical novel from the author of Next Year in Havana, a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick. Beautiful, Daring, Deadly.…
Read MoreGirls Like Us
Author: Cristina Alger Genre: Thriller Pages: 288 Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Published: July 2, 2019 Book Description: From the celebrated and bestselling author of The Banker’s Wife, worlds collide when an FBI agent investigates a string of grisly murders on Long Island that raises the impossible question: What happens when the primary suspect is your…
Read MoreLove You Hard: A Memoir of Marriage, Brain Injury, and Reinventing Love
Author: Abby Maslin Genre: Memoir Pages: 301 Publisher: Dutton Books Published: March 12, 2019 Book Description: Abby Maslin shares an inspiring story of resilience and commitment in a deeply affecting new memoir. After her husband suffered a traumatic brain injury, the couple worked together as he recovered–and they learned to love again. When Abby Maslin’s…
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