Cape May by Chip Creek
Published: April 30, 2019 by Celadon Books Dates Read: May 6 – May 8, 2019 Genre/Category: General Fiction (Adult), Women’s Fiction Read For: ARC /NetGalley Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars 1950’s Shades of Cape May. That’s it, review over. Go home. No, seriously, I can‘t say that, there is some depth to this book and it’s certainly worth the read. Book Synopsis from Amazon: A mesmerizing debut novel by Chip Cheek, Cape May explores the social and sexual mores of 1950s America through the eyes of a newly married couple from the genteel south corrupted by sophisticated New England urbanites. Late
Little Darlings by Melanie Golding
Published: April 30, 2019 by Crooked Lane Books Dates Read: April 30 – May 3, 2019 Genre/Category: Horror, Mystery & Thrillers Read For: ARC / NetGalley Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 4 1/2 stars Little Darlings. Oh, what did I just read? My head is still spinning. I need to talk to Melanie Golding ASAP and pick her brain! Book synopsis from Amazon: Everyone says Lauren Tranter is exhausted, that she needs rest. And they’re right; with newborn twins, Morgan and Riley, she’s never been more tired in her life. But she knows what she saw: that night, in her hospital room,
Better Off Divorced by Marianne Hansen
Published: April 20, 2019 by Simon Watson Publishing Dates Read: April 17, – April 21, 2019 Genre/Category: Women’s Fiction / Women’s Humor Read For: Free copy for Review / Marianne Hansen & KateRockBookTour ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars Do you like Chic-Lit? Well, this is chic-lit at its finest. A quirky new book about love, friendship, and starting over, truly some laugh out loud enjoyable reading. Book synopsis: She’s about to go down the aisle again. But her ex-husband could end up much more than an objection. Grace just wants what’s best for her kids. Now happily engaged and ready
City of Flickering Light by Juliette Fay
Published: April 16, 2019 by Gallery Books Dates Read: April 15 – 16, 2019 Genre/Category: Historical Fiction Read For: Gallery books/Goodreads ARC ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 3.5 stars City of Flickering Light is a tantalizing ride back to the 1920’s Hollywood and the booming silent film industry. It follows 3 characters as they escape a moving train and their stagnant careers in a burlesque show, finding their way to Hollywood in hopes of making it big. Irene, Millie and Henry are bright eyed and optimistic when they land at their destination, but they are not prepared for the hardship, destitution, starvation
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
Published: April 16, 2019 by Sarah Crichton Books Dates Read: April 13 – 14, 2019 Genre/Category: General Fiction/Literary Fiction Read For: NetGalley ARC ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 stars Big Little Lies meets the courtroom thriller mystery in Angie Kim’s debut novel Miracle Creek. DO NOT pass this one up. Easily earns 5 stars. Miracle Creek, a town in rural Virginia. Young and Pak Yoo, immigrants from Korea who live in Miracle Creek and run a privately owned medical device, a chamber for hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) treating off label/experimental conditions that hospitals won’t. An explosion. 2 deaths. A murder investigation. A
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Published: April 16, 2019 by Crown Publishing Dates Read: April 10 – 13, 2019 Genre/Category: Coming of Age Fiction / Psychological Fiction Read For: NetGalley ARC ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars “Life is the thing you bring with you inside your own head.” There’s been a lot of buzz going around about this book, well before publication date, and fortunately I had the honor of reading it courtesy of NetGalley and Crown Publishing, and now I understand why. Normal People is the story of two people, Marianne and Connell, two high school seniors who pretend not to know each other
Book Review: Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss
Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss A Novel by Rajeev Balasubramanyam Published: March 26, 2019 by Penguin Random House Genre/Category: Literary Fiction Dates Read: March 19 – 22, 2019 Read for: NetGalley ARC Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 4.5 stars I really struggled with writing this review because I had so many mixed emotions about this book, that’s why it took me so long to get it up and available. The best way to start is to dive in. I was given an ARC by NetGalley to review shortly before the book was to be published. I thought it would be a fairly quick
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