After a lonely childhood spent with an unloving family, William Waters finally feels at home playing basketball at a prestigious college in Chicago. When William meets Julia Padavano, a dynamic and beautiful girl with a tight-knit and loving family, he is quickly embraced by the lively Padavano clan. Julia is a literal… Keep Reading
MY LAST INNOCENT YEAR by DAISY ALPERT FLORIN
Excuse me while I recover from a book hangover. This is a powerful yet very tender coming-of-age story set in late 1990’s academia. Isabel is a college senior at a small liberal arts college who has a non-consensual sexual encounter with a fellow student. That acts as the catalyst for her affair with her (married)… Keep Reading
SAM by ALLEGRA GOODMAN
I generally love the book recommendations from Read With Jenna, and after seeing this book all over Instagram, I decided to listen to the audiobook. The author noted that her own daughter was the inspiration for this story which I found very intriguing. Overall, this is a very spare yet very thoughtfully written coming of… Keep Reading
DEMON COPPERHEAD by BARBARA KINGSOLVER
Stunning! Epic! Where do I begin? Well the endnotes provide the framework for this extraordinary novel: Barbara Kingsolver thanks Charles Dickens for creating David Copperfield and writing about the damage poverty had on children at that time. Sadly, those problems are still with us. Our narrator Demon (born Damon) is born into abject poverty and… Keep Reading
THIS GOLDEN STATE by MARIT WEISENBERG
About the Book: Marit Weisenberg’s This Golden State follows a family on the run, a restless teenage daughter hungry for the truth, and the simple DNA test that threatens their carefully crafted world The Winslow family lives by five principles: 1. No one can know your real name. 2. Don’t stay in one… Keep Reading
COUNT THE WAYS by JOYCE MAYNARD
About the Book: In her most ambitious novel to date, New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard takes on the story of a family from the hopeful early days of young marriage to parenthood, divorce, and its costly aftermath—to illuminate how the mistakes of parents are passed down through generations to fester, or… Keep Reading
THE PAPER PALACE by MIRANDA COWLEY HELLER
About the Book: A story of summer, secrets, love, and lies: in the course of a singular day on Cape Cod, one woman must make a life-changing decision that has been brewing for decades. “This house, this place, knows all my secrets.” It is a perfect July morning, and Elle, a fifty-year-old happily… Keep Reading
NEW RELEASES – WEEK OF AUGUST 3, 2021
Happy August everyone! This is a HUGE release week. Enjoy and happy reading! Preorders Releasing Later This Week:
AUDIOBOOK REVIEW – MARY JANE by JESSICA ANYA BLAU
About the Book: “Almost Famous” meets Daisy Jones and the Six in this funny, wise, and tender novel about a fourteen-year-old girl’s coming of age in 1970s Baltimore, caught between her strait-laced family and the progressive family she nannies for—who happen to be secretly hiding a famous rock star and his movie star wife for… Keep Reading
NEW RELEASES – WEEK OF APRIL 27, 2021
I can’t believe it’s already the last week of April! Here are some of the new and upcoming releases out this week. Hope you enjoy! Preorders: (This blog is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn… Keep Reading
