Title: Blackout Author: Marco Carocari Publisher: Level Best Books Published: 30 March 2021 I received an ARC ebook copy of the book from Books Forward in exchange for an honest review. To start off, if you’re looking for a fun, beach read for the upcoming summer break, I’d definitely keep this one in mind. Carocari’s […]
Title: Tools of a Thief Author: D. Hale Rambo Publisher: Fiercewood Press Published: 25 May 2021 Pages: 170 I received an ARC ebook copy from Books Forward in exchange for an honest reivew. I’m not even sure where to start on this. I read this in one sitting not out of interest really but out […]
Title: Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch Author: Rivka Galchen Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Published: 8 June 2021 Pages: 288 I received an advanced e-copy of the book from Net Galley in exchange for my honest review. I didn’t realize until the end that this was actually based on a true story. Katharina […]
Title: Tsarina Author: Ellen Alpsten Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Published: 10 November 2020 In St. Petersburg 1725, Peter the Great lies dying in his magnificent Winter Palace. The weakness and treachery of his only son has driven his father to an appalling act of cruelty and left the empire without an heir. Russia risks falling […]
Title: Migrations Author: Charlotte McConaghy Publisher: Flatiron Books Published: 4 August 2020 Pages: 239 Franny Stone has always been a wanderer. Never staying in one place for too long. It’s like a family curse. Yet, when the wild creatures that she loves begins to disappear, Franny can no longer wander without a destination. She is […]
Title: This Time Next Year We’ll be Laughing Author: Jacqueline Winspear Publisher: Soho Press Published: 3 November 2020 Pages: 312 I received an eARC from NetGalley and Library Journal in honor of Virtual Day of Dialog 2020 in exchange for an honest review. To be upfront, I am not a fan of memoirs or autobiographies. […]
Title: The Black Swan of Paris Author: Karen Robards Publisher: MIRA Published: 30 June 2020 Pages: 400 Quote: As she’d already learned to her cost, there were not guarantees in life, no guarantees that the person you loved would be there from one day to the next, no guarantee about anything at all. And this […]