Shelf Space Updates
Every week I like to take a look back and see what books I have
read, which books I have added to my TBR (to-be read) pile, and which books I
have tossed, i.e. decided I will unfortunately not have enough time in this
life to read. You’ll notice that this
last section will not appear very often, for two very important reasons. I LOATHE getting rid of books and absolutely
hate admitting that I can’t read them all.
read, which books I have added to my TBR (to-be read) pile, and which books I
have tossed, i.e. decided I will unfortunately not have enough time in this
life to read. You’ll notice that this
last section will not appear very often, for two very important reasons. I LOATHE getting rid of books and absolutely
hate admitting that I can’t read them all.
Books Finished
Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Evelyn
Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous
life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job,
no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why
her? Why now?
Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous
life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job,
no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why
her? Why now?
A Thousand Perfect Notes
An
emotionally charged story of music, abuse and, ultimately, hope.
emotionally charged story of music, abuse and, ultimately, hope.
Beck hates his life. He hates his violent mother. He hates his home. Most of
all, he hates the piano that his mother forces him to play hour after hour, day
after day. He will never play as she did before illness ended her career and
left her bitter and broken. But Beck is too scared to stand up to his mother,
and tell her his true passion, which is composing his own music – because the
least suggestion of rebellion on his part ends in violence.
all, he hates the piano that his mother forces him to play hour after hour, day
after day. He will never play as she did before illness ended her career and
left her bitter and broken. But Beck is too scared to stand up to his mother,
and tell her his true passion, which is composing his own music – because the
least suggestion of rebellion on his part ends in violence.
When Beck meets August, a girl full of life, energy and laughter, love begins
to awaken within him and he glimpses a way to escape his painful existence. But
dare he reach for it?
Cinder
A forbidden romance.
A deadly plague.
Earth’s fate hinges on one girl . . .
My Review / More on Goodreads…
The House of Spirits
In one of the most important and beloved Latin American works of
the twentieth century, IsabelAllende weaves a luminous tapestry of three generations
of the Trueba family, revealing both triumphs and tragedies.
the twentieth century, IsabelAllende weaves a luminous tapestry of three generations
of the Trueba family, revealing both triumphs and tragedies.
TBR Additions
I wish this list was exclusive, but I add so many books that would
be impossible. So, these are the ones I
added this week that I am most excited about.
be impossible. So, these are the ones I
added this week that I am most excited about.
Children of Blood and Bone
They killed my mother.
They took our magic.
They tried to bury us.
They took our magic.
They tried to bury us.
Now we rise.
Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners
ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth
souls.
ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth
souls.
But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a
ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people
without hope.
ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people
without hope.
Queen of Air and Darkness
Dark secrets and forbidden love threaten the very
survival of the Shadowhunters in Cassandra Queen of Air and
Darkness, the final novel in the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY
bestselling The Dark Artifices trilogy.
survival of the Shadowhunters in Cassandra Queen of Air and
Darkness, the final novel in the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY
bestselling The Dark Artifices trilogy.
What if damnation is the price of true love?
Abandoned
reporter Max Revere has cracked many cases, but the one investigation she’s
never attempted is the mystery from her own past. Her mother abandoned her when
she was nine, sending her periodic postcards, but never returning to reclaim
her daughter. Seven years after the postcards stop coming, Martha Revere is
declared legally dead, with no sign of what may have happened to her. Until
now.
never attempted is the mystery from her own past. Her mother abandoned her when
she was nine, sending her periodic postcards, but never returning to reclaim
her daughter. Seven years after the postcards stop coming, Martha Revere is
declared legally dead, with no sign of what may have happened to her. Until
now.
All We Ever Wanted
In theriveting new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of First Comes
Love Something Borrowed, three very different people must choose between
their family and their values.
Nina Browning is living the good life after marrying into Nashville’s elite.
More recently, her husband made a fortune selling his tech business, and their
adored son has been accepted to Princeton. Yet sometimes the middle-class
small-town girl in Nina wonders if she’s strayed from the person she once was.
More recently, her husband made a fortune selling his tech business, and their
adored son has been accepted to Princeton. Yet sometimes the middle-class
small-town girl in Nina wonders if she’s strayed from the person she once was.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel
Pie Society
Pie Society
“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there issome sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect
readers.” January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the
Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book
subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she’s
never met, a native of the island of Guernsey, who has come across her name
written inside a book by Charles Lamb. . . . more on Goodreads
Tossed
None this week, I have stayed strong and optimistic; however, my
TBR pile grew more than my read pile, so I am obviously losing this battle.
TBR pile grew more than my read pile, so I am obviously losing this battle.
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