Title/Author: The Farm by Joanne Ramos Publisher: Random House In a nutshell (Publisher): Nestled in New York’s Hudson Valley is a luxury retreat boasting every amenity: organic meals, personal fitness trainers, daily massages—and all of it for free. In fact, you’re paid big money to stay here—more than you’ve ever dreamed of. The catch? For…
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Jee reviews #Sadie by #CourtneySummers #StMartinsPress @StMartinsPress #YA #fiction #thriller #missinggirls
Title/Author: Sadie by Courtney Summers Publisher: St. Martin’s Press In a nutshell: A missing girl on a journey of revenge. A Serial―like podcast following the clues she’s left behind. And an ending you won’t be able to stop talking about. Sadie hasn’t had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she’s been raising her sister…
Jee reviews #MiracleCreek by @AngieKimWriter @fsgBooks @Netgalley #Netgalley #eARC #fiction #courtroomdrama
Title/Author: Miracle Creek by Angie Kim Publisher: FSG Books In a nutshell (Publisher): My husband asked me to lie. Not a big lie. He probably didn’t even consider it a lie, and neither did I, at first . . . In rural Virginia, Young and Pak Yoo run an experimental medical treatment device known as…
Jee reviews #TheTeaGirlofHummingbirdLane by @Lisa_See @ScribnerBooks #GeneralFiction
Title/Author: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See Publisher: Scribner In a nutshell: Li-yan and her family align their lives around the seasons and the farming of tea. There is ritual and routine, and it has been ever thus for generations. Then one day a jeep appears at the village gate—the first automobile…
Jee’s #bookreview of #WomenTalking by Miriam Toews #BloomsburyUSA #womensfiction #NetGalley #eARC
Title: Women Talking by Miriam Toews Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Verdict: 3/5 Publication day: Apr 2, 2019 In a nutshell (Publisher): One evening, eight Mennonite women climb into a hay loft to conduct a secret meeting. For the past two years, each of these women, and more than a hundred other girls in their colony, has been…
Jee’s #bookreview of #TheDreamers by Karen Thompson Walker #RandomHouse #literaryfiction #netgalley #eARC #UNPOPULARopinion
Title: The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker Publisher: Random House Verdict: 3.5/5 Publication date: Jan 15, 2019 In a nutshell (Publisher): One night in an isolated college town in the hills of Southern California, a first-year student stumbles into her dorm room, falls asleep—and doesn’t wake up. She sleeps through the morning, into the evening. Her…
Jee’s #bookreview of #OnceUponARiver by #DianeSetterfield @DianeSetterfie1 #NetGalley #AtriaBooks #eARC #literaryfiction
Title: Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield Publisher: Atria Books Verdict: 5/5 Publication day: Dec 04, 2018 In a nutshell (Publisher): On a dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, an extraordinary event takes place. The regulars are telling stories to while away the dark hours, when the door bursts open on…
Jee’s #bookreview of #WhereTheCrawdadsSing by #DeliaOwens @PutnamBooks
ETitle: Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Publisher: Putnam Books Verdict: 5/5 In a nutshell (Amazon): For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But…
Jee’s #bookreview of #AnAbsolutelyRemarkableThing by Hank Green #PenguinUSA @DuttonBooks #fiction #scifi *WARNING* #UNPOPULARopinion (Please don’t hate me)
Title: A Truly Remarkable Thing by Hank Green Publisher: Penguin USA [Dutton] Verdict: 3/5 In a nutshell (Amazon): In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green—cocreator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers, and SciShow—spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she’s part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have…
Jee’s #bookreview of #BillionDollarWhale by #TomWright & #BradleyHope #HachetteBooks #nonfiction #Malaysia
He took the mickey out of everyone. He lied, scammed, bought favors to get favors, and isn’t stopping. This wanted fugitive seems to be still at it.
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