Sweet! Not what I expected but lovely nonetheless. This gorgeous cover caught my eye when I was in Asheville NC this summer. The author lives there and this beautiful book was in all the local bookstores. Although the book description grabbed me, I was a little underwhelmed by the story. It didn’t quite pack the… Keep Reading
REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by SHELBY VAN PELT
About the Book: For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow’s unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying… Keep Reading
THIS TIME TOMORROW by EMMA STRAUB
About the Book: What if you could take a vacation to your past? With her celebrated humor, insight, and heart, beloved New York Times bestseller Emma Straub offers her own twist on traditional time travel tropes, and a different kind of love story. On the eve of her 40th birthday, Alice’s life isn’t… Keep Reading
ONE ITALIAN SUMMER by REBECCA SERLE
About the Book: When Katy’s mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn’t just Katy’s mom, but her best friend and first phone call. She had all the answers and now, when Katy needs her the most, she is gone. To make matters worse, their planned mother-daughter trip of a lifetime looms: two weeks… Keep Reading
OONA OUT OF ORDER by MARGARITA MONTIMORE
About the Book: A remarkably inventive novel that explores what it means to live a life fully in the moment, even if those moments are out of order. It’s New Year’s Eve 1982, and Oona Lockhart has her whole life before her. At the stroke of midnight she will turn nineteen, and the year… Keep Reading
