I grabbed this book from Edelweiss because the premise was so interesting. What if you could get a do over simply by updating your Facebook status? Although the writing did not flow very well, the story itself started out strong as we are dropped into the hours before the wedding rehearsal dinner. The devastation of […]
Category: Women’s Fiction
Maybe In Another Life By Taylor Jenkins Reid
The idea of fate is so fascinating to me and Maybe In Another Life really prods at the thought that I think everyone has, the thought of what if? Do small decisions impact the big things in our own life? Hannah is kind of a mess and still hasn’t quite found her place in the […]
First Frost By Sarah Addison Allen
Since Garden Spells is one of my favorite books, I was beyond thrilled to find out that SAA would be writing a book set in that world, once again. First Frost takes place about 10 years after the events of Garden Spells and we find both Waverley Daughters more settled than they have ever […]
After I Do By Taylor Jenkins Reid
After I Do might seem like your typical marriage-in-crisis story, but what I found was a very honest and sometimes painful look at a couple who hits a pretty big roadblock and must make a detour in order to decide whether their marriage is worth saving. I think the key to this type of […]
Lost Lake By Sarah Addison Allen
Lost Lake Author: Sarah Addison Allen Category: Women’s Fiction Publisher: St. Martin’s Release Date: 1-21-14 Suley, Georgia, is home to Lost Lake Cottages and not much else. Which is why it’s the perfect place for newly-widowed Kate and her eccentric eight-year-old daughter Devin to heal. Kate spent one memorable childhood summer at Lost Lake, had […]
Forever, Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Forever, Interrupted Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Category: Women’s Fiction Publisher: Washington Square Press Release Date: 7-9-13 Elsie Porter is an average twentysomething and yet what happens to her is anything but ordinary. On a rainy New Year’s Day, she heads out to pick up a pizza for one. She isn’t expecting to see anyone else […]
Brooklyn Girls by Gemma Burgess
Brooklyn Girls Author: Gemma Burgess Category: Fiction Publisher: St. Martin Release Date: 7-2-13 So what is a recent grad with an art history degree and an unfortunate history of Facebook topless photos to do? Start a food truck business of course! Pia takes on the surprisingly cutthroat Brooklyn world of hybrid lettuce growers, artisanal yogurt makers […]
Ex Libris Audio: Heart Like Mine
Find out more information about this feature and my ratings here. Heart Like Mine Author: Amy Hatvany Narrator: Cassandra Campbell Performance: Good Available Now Thirty-six-year-old Grace McAllister never longed for children. But when she meets Victor Hansen, a handsome, charismatic divorced restaurateur who is father to Max and Ava, Grace decides that, for the right […]
The Pretty One: A Novel About Sisters by Lucinda Rosenfeld
The Pretty One: A Novel About SistersAuthor: Lucinda RosenfeldCategory: FictionFormat: eGalleyPublisher: Little, BrownRelease Date: 2-5-13Perfect. Pretty. Political. For nearly forty years, The Hellinger sisters of Hastings-on-Hudson-namely, Imperia (Perri), Olympia (Pia), and Augusta (Gus)–have played the roles set down by their loving but domineering mother Carol. Perri, a mother of three, rules her four-bedroom palace in […]
Ex Libris Audio: Three Good Things
Find out more information about this feature and my ratings here. Three Good ThingsAuthor: Wendy FrancisNarrator: Madeleine MabyPerformance: GoodPublisher: Simon and Schuster AudioAvailable NowEllen McClarety, a recent divorcée, has opened a new bake shop in her small Midwestern town, hoping to turn her life around by dedicating herself to the traditional Danish pastry called kringle. […]