Nicotine by Zell Zink Penny finishes college and returns home only to lose her father. With his death, the family drifts apart, and Penny drifts lost. Heading for the house left to her she finds it filled with squatters, and no heart to tell them to leave. Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller Most every woman my … Continue reading The next 5 books I’m reading
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A Gentleman in Moscow
I wasn't sure what to expect with this book - but it covers a time I'm intrigued by, but don't know much about. Post Russian Revolution, while much of the West is celebrating the booming economy and a return to life post war, Moscow is very different. Count Rostov helped propel the Revolution in its … Continue reading A Gentleman in Moscow
First Book of the Month box
My first Book of the Month club box arrived! It came with a tote, a wine koozie, and a book mark. I'm pretty excited to get started with All the Ugly and Wonderful Things too! If you're looking for bookish box, I'd like to suggest this one - it's been around since 1926. (Fun fact: … Continue reading First Book of the Month box
The Ship of Brides
My favorite Jojo Moyes book, The Ship of Brides follows four Australian war brides joining more than 600 others on a British air craft carrier to meet their husbands in England. Told as a flash back, it opens in modern day with a woman traveling in India with her granddaughter. You are quickly brought into … Continue reading The Ship of Brides
Dollface
Some books are just a joy to read. Vera is barely old enough to leave home and heads to Chicago in the early 1920s. She quickly finds herself for falling for two gangsters from rival gangs. So yeah, it'll pull you in. Renee Rosen likes to take the first 50 pages or so to set … Continue reading Dollface
What the Lady Wants
I love a good Chicago story. This one started the night of the Chicago Fire - and the night of the opening of the Palmer House. This isn't a true story, but is based in historical fact, and thoroughly researched. Either you way, you get a glimpsed of Golden Age society in Chicago, as it … Continue reading What the Lady Wants
What I’m reading next…
A little peak at my TBR list. These three books are the next I'm reading. Each is different from what I've been reading, and from what I'd normally pick up, which is part of my interest. Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salmon Rushdie I got the book for Christmas. I've actually started … Continue reading What I’m reading next…
Where’s your fairyland?
Me Before You, After You
Warning: I couldn't find a way to write this without spoilers for Me Before You. Which is also why it took so long. If you a haven't read it yet, consider yourself warned. It took me a little while to get into Me Before You, but once I did I couldn't put it down. I … Continue reading Me Before You, After You
The Martian
When The Martian was released in theaters a few months ago I said I'd been on the fence about reading the book. I'd read awful reviews of it, and I just decided to skip it all. Not long after that I sat on a couch next to my sister-in-law while she opened the book for … Continue reading The Martian
