The Liar’s Child by Carla Buckley | Expected publication: March 12th 2019 by Ballantine Books | 288 Pages | Goodreads ✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION On the outskirts of North Carolina’s Outer Banks sits the Paradise, an apartment complex where renters never stay long enough to call the place “home”–and neighbors are seldom neighborly. It’s ideal for Sara Lennox, who…
The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain
The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain | Published October 2nd 2018 by St. Martin’s Press | 384 Pages | Goodreads ✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION When Caroline Sears receives the news that her unborn baby girl has a heart defect, she is devastated. It is 1970 and there seems to be little that can be done. But her brother-in-law, a…
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari| Published February 21st 2017 by Harper| 450 Pages | Goodreads ✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION “Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity’s future, and our quest…
Book Wrap-Up #09 (02/19) 📚 for February 2019
Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus
Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus | Published January 8th 2019 by Delacorte Press | 336 Pages | Goodreads ✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION “Echo Ridge is small-town America. Ellery’s never been there, but she’s heard all about it. Her aunt went missing there at age seventeen. And only five years ago, a homecoming queen put…
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite | Published November 20th 2018 by Doubleday Books | 226 Pages | Goodreads ✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION “When Korede’s dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what’s expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This’ll be the…
The Editor by Steven Rowley
The Editor by Steven Rowley | Expected publication: April 2nd 2019 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons | 320 Pages | Goodreads ✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION “From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus comes a novel about a struggling writer who gets his big break, with a little help from the most famous woman in America. After years…
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate | Published June 6th 2017 by Ballantine Books| 342 Pages | Goodreads PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION “Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill…
Blog Tour: The Girls at 17 Swann Street
I’m very fortunate to be part of the Blog Tour for THE GIRLS AT 17 SWANN STREET. I read this book and was absolutely mesmerized by the story. I raved about it on my review (here). About the Book: Yara Zgheib’s poetic and poignant debut novel is a haunting portrait of a young woman’s struggle…
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris | Published September 4th 2018 by Harper | 262 Pages | Goodreads ✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION “In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a Tätowierer (the German word…