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 #GhostWall by #SarahMoss #NetGalley @FSGbooks #eARC #literaryfiction
A compelling, captivating and powerful book. By the end of it, it’ll have us questioning, how far have we come from the primitive minds of our ancestors?
Jee’s #bookreview of #TheParagonHotel by #LyndsayFaye #PutnamBooks #netgalley #eARC #HistoricalFiction A Must-Read!!
Title: The Paragon: A Novel by Lyndsay Faye Publisher: Putnam Books Verdict: 4/5 Publication Day: Jan 8, 2019 In a nutshell (Publisher): The year is 1921, and “Nobody” Alice James is on a cross-country train, carrying a bullet wound and fleeing for her life following an illicit drug and liquor deal gone horribly wrong. Desperate to get…
HAPPY 2019, EVERYONE!! Let’s start the New Year with an inspiring read: #HowToBeAGoodCreature by @SyTheAuthor! @HMHbooks
Meet thirteen animals whose grace and beauty will find a way to your heart, leaving you forever enamored…
Jee’s Short Christmas Reads and #bookreviews: #HolidaysOnIce by #DavidSedaris, #MrDickensAndHisCarol by #SamanthaSilva & #aChristmasCarol by #CharlesDickens, and she shows off HER BOOKISH CHRISTMAS GIFTS!
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (3.5) I enjoy and appreciate dark humor. I liken it to eating dark chocolate – bitter-sweet, yet enjoyable. But I’m on the fence on this one. Calypso I liked, this, I’m not so sure. There are twelve stories in this collection – some I enjoyed as they got me…
Jee’s #bookreview of #NinePerfectStrangers by Liane Moriarty #FlatironBooks
Nine troubled people (one married couple, a family of 3, the rest were there on their own) each with their own set of problems – lost of children, weight, marriage, self-image, health, family – all looking for the quickest way to improve their lives. And Tranquillum House offers a solution – spend 10 days there and you’ll be reinvented. Is it as good as it says to be? Or is this too good to be true?
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 #Calypso by @DavidSedaris @LittleBrown #nonfiction #shortstories
Another frank, funny and fantastic collection of semi-autobiographical essays from one the most well-loved American author, David Sedaris! Be prepared for lots of ‘belly’ laughing! 😀
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…
An Interview with the author of #GazelleInTheShadows, #MichellePeach
I’m so honored to be given this chance to interview the author of Gazelle in the Shadows, Michelle Peach! Before that, a little background on this historical thriller/coming-of-age book: Gazelle in the Shadows In the mid 90s, Elizabeth Booth, a young British college student studying Arabic at Durham University, travels to Damascus to immerse herself in…
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