Into the Jungle by Erica Ferencik | Expected publication: April 30th 2019 by Gallery/Scout Press | 320 Pages | Goodreads ✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION “Lily Bushwold thought she’d found the antidote to endless foster care and group homes: a teaching job in Cochabamba, Bolivia. As soon as she could steal enough cash for the plane, she was on…
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport | Published January 5th 2016 by Grand Central Publishing | 296 Pages | Goodreads ✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION “Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It’s a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce…
Circe by Madeline Miller | Published April 10th 2018 by Little, Brown and Company | 393 Pages | Goodreads ✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION “In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child—not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to…
This has been a month of few but wonderful books. THE DREAM DAUGHTER by Diane Chamberlain and HOMO DEUS by Yuval Noah Harari were my favorite reads of the month. I’ve been working long hours and have been unable to spend time online with the blogger community, look forward to returning to a more balance…
Murder Lo Mein (A Noodle Shop Mystery #3) by Vivien Chien | Expected publication: March 26th 2019 by St. Martin’s Press | 304 Pages | Goodreads ✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION “Lana Lee’s stake in her family’s Chinese restaurant is higher than ever now that she’s been made manager. So when she enters Ho-Lee into Cleveland’s Best Noodle Contest, Lana…
Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be by Rachel Hollis | Published February 6th 2018 by Thomas Nelson | 240 Pages | Goodreads ✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION “With wry wit and hard-earned wisdom, popular online personality and founder of TheChicSite.com founder Rachel Hollis…
Dim Sum of All Fears 🍜 (A Noodle Shop Mystery #2) by Vivien Chien| Published August 28th 2018 by St. Martin’s Press | 291 Pages | Goodreads ✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION “Welcome back to Ho-Lee Noodle House, where you can get fantastic take-out. . .unless you get taken out first. Lana Lee is a dutiful daughter, waiting tables…
The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves | Expected publication: April 2nd 2019 by St. Martin’s Press | 304 Pages | Goodreads ✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION Annika (rhymes with Monica) Rose is an English major at the University of Illinois. Anxious in social situations where she finds most people’s behavior confusing, she’d rather be surrounded…
The Lies We Told by Camilla Way | Published October 9th 2018 by Berkley | 336 Pages | Goodreads ✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION “When Clara’s boyfriend, Luke, disappears, everyone believes that he’s left her, but Clara thinks she knows the truth. Recent evidence suggests that Luke had a stalker, and Clara worries that he’s been kidnapped. Then Luke’s older…
Becoming by Michelle Obama| Published November 13th 2018 by Crown | 426 Pages | Goodreads ✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION “… In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her—from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive…