Book Reviews and Other Stuff
Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: St. Martin's Press (Oct. 1 2019) ISBN-13: 978-1250265708 Synopsis: Cilka is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in 1942, where the commandant immediately notices how beautiful she is. Forcibly separated from the other women prisoners, Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly taken, …
Dirty Letters by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward Paperback: 300 pages Publisher: Montlake Romance (Nov. 5 2019) ISBN-13: 978-1542016797 Synopsis: I’d never forgotten him—a man I’d yet to meet. Griffin Quinn was my childhood pen pal, the British boy who couldn’t have been more different from me. Over the years, through hundreds of letters, we became best friends, …
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1000 Places To See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz Hardcover: 544 pages Publisher: Artisan (Oct. 29 2019) ISBN-13: 978-1579657888 Synopsis: Patricia Schultz curates the world. When she published the original 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, she created not only a new kind of travel book but also a new way of thinking about our experiences and …
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Come From Away: Welcome To The Rock, An Inside Look At The Hit Musical by: Irene Sankoff (Author), David Hein (Author), Laurence Maslon (Contributor) Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Hachette Books (Sept. 24 2019) ISBN-13: 978-0316422222 Synopsis: The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Come From Away tells the remarkable true story of a small town that welcomed the world. On September 11, …
Home Work by Julie Andrews Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Hachette Books (Oct. 15 2019) ISBN-13: 978-0316349253 Synopsis: In Home, the number one New York Times international bestseller, Julie Andrews recounted her difficult childhood and her emergence as an acclaimed singer and performer on the stage. With this second memoir, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years, Andrews picks up the story with …
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The Winemaker's Wife by Kristin Harmel Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Gallery Books; Canadian Export edition (July 9 2019) ISBN-13: 978-1982129880 Synopsis: At the dawn of the Second World War, Inès is the young wife of Michel, owner of the House of Chauveau, a small champagne winery nestled among rolling vineyards near Reims, France. Marrying into a storied champagne …
The Flight Girls by Noelle Salazar Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: MIRA; Original edition (July 2 2019) ISBN-13: 978-0778369226 Synopsis: 1941. Audrey Coltrane has always wanted to fly. It’s why she implored her father to teach her at the little airfield back home in Texas. It’s why she signed up to train military pilots in Hawaii when the war in …
The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer Paperback: 432 pages Publisher: Graydon House; Original edition (March 19 2019) ISBN-13: 978-1525823565 Synopsis: In 1942, Europe remains in the relentless grip of war. Just beyond the tents of the Russian refugee camp she calls home, a young woman speaks her wedding vows. It’s a decision that will alter her …
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The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: MIRA; Original edition (Feb. 21 2017) ISBN-13: 978-0778319818 Synopsis: A powerful novel of friendship set in a traveling circus during World War II, The Orphan’s Tale introduces two extraordinary women and their harrowing stories of sacrifice and survival. Sixteen-year-old Noa has been cast out in disgrace after becoming pregnant …
Say You Still Love Me by KA Tucker Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Atria Books (Aug. 6 2019) ISBN-13: 978-1501133442 Synopsis: Life is a mixed bag for Piper Calloway. On the one hand, she’s a twenty-nine-year-old VP at her dad’s multibillion-dollar real estate development firm, and living the high single life with her two best friends in a swanky …
Hi guys! I know I have been MIA for a while – I have been spending some time focusing on me and took a little reading & blogging break. BUT I am back now! Keep an eye out for some book reviews coming soon. There have been lots of good summer reads and I am …
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur Paperback: 208 pages Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (Oct. 6 2015) ISBN-13: 978-1449474256 Synopsis: The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. Deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache. Milk and Honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments …
