Thanks to TLC Book Tours and HarperCollins for a copy of this book in exchange for a fair review! I was SO excited for this one! I fell in love with Christina Baker Kline when I read Orphan Trainย last year. …
Genre: Historical Fiction
Why: I swear this was inadvertently another World War II read! The cover actually caught my eye because I have been fascinated with trains since I was a little girl and would run down the block to count engines and hope …
I read The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah for my October book club….which was awhile ago, but it was so good it still warrants a review four months later. Vianne and Isabelle could not be more different. Isabelle is young and …
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Review: The Dressmaker’s Dowry by Meredith Jaeger
by Beckyby BeckyWhy: I love historical fiction. That pretty much sums up my answer to why I read a majority of the books I do! However, I also have a love for the city of San Francisco. Not only do my brother, …
This book has a beautiful cover. I’m a sucker for a beautiful anything, but especially a well-designed book jacket. So after reading the description for this one โ and then seeing the cover โ I was ready to dive in. …
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Review: The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
by Beckyby BeckyWhy: I was intrigued by the trailer for the upcoming motion picture version ofย The Light Between Oceans and heard it mentioned that it was adapted from a New York Times Bestseller. When I looked up the book and saw the …
Why:ย I love learning about World War II. There is something about “the greatest generation” of Americans and the military stories from the war that makes me pine for simpler times and a united togetherness in our country. (The world too, …
Need a read that’ll immerse you in a life that’s completely different from your own? Pick up Marlene and that’s what you’ll get! Thanks to TLC Book Tours and HarperCollins for sending me Marlene in exchange for a fair review. …
Why:ย Road to Paradiseย by Paullina Simons piqued my interest because my friends and I took a road trip the summer after high school, just as Shelby sets out to do. (Shout out to our fearless LQ Leader, Joli for sitting in …
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Book Review: A Gentleman in Moscow
by Aubreyby AubreyI’m having a serious like-dislike relationship with Amor Towles’s A Gentleman in Moscow. While I really loved parts of it, there were parts I really disliked too. A Gentleman in Moscow begins in post-WWI Russia. It opens in a courtroom, …