🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 Wait for Me Amy Jo Burns Celadon Books 336 Pages March 3, 2026 Goodreads/Amazon/ Bookshop.org I loved this author’s previous book, Mercury. Whenever you read one book by an author, you always wonder if the next one will … Continued
👩🎨👩🎨👩🎨👩🎨 The Tuscan Sister’s Promise Daniela Sacerdoti 282 Pages Bookouture This is the third book in a series about a set of sisters from Tuscany, each of whom has a “gift” from their Scottish mother. … Continued
Kin Tayari Jones 368 Pages Knopf I had high expectations for this novel, based on what I heard about the author and her work. I admit that I have not read her earlier book, … Continued
🥯 🥯 1/2 This is Not About Us Allegra Goodman 310 Pages Random House/The Dial Press Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org I was very torn about this book. I really wanted to love it; I had read Ms. Goodman’s books in the past and … Continued
📸📸📸📸 When We Were Brilliant Lynn Cullen 400 pages Berkeley Publishing Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org Anything that is about Marilyn Monroe will automatically get my attention. I am fascinated by her, for reasons that I do not understand. This novel is a fictional … Continued
🤰🏻🤰🏻🤰🏻 She Took My Baby Steena Holmes 328 pages Bookouture Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org Trina and Rosalind, the two main characters, went through foster care together and have been friends ever since. Now, Trina is a nanny for Rosalind and both women became … Continued
😷😷😷😷 A Little Hope Ethan Joella Scribner 320 pages Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org Just a little note to the readers, not to be misled by the cover of the book. This would lead me to believe that this is an optimistic, upbeat book. … Continued
🏘️🏘️🏘️🏘️1/2 Buckeye Patrick Ryan 451 pages Random House Publishing Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org As I have aged, I have found that my patience with character-driven novels has worn thin. I have eschewed many works of literary fiction in favor of psychological suspense, mysteries … Continued
🍝🍝🍝🍝🍝 The View from Lake Como Adriana Trigiani 415 pages Dutton Publishing Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org This is the first book I have read by Adriana Trigiani and it will not be the last. I thoroughly enjoyed this experience and highly recommend it … Continued
💲💲💲💲 The Great Mann Kyra Davis Lurie Crown Publishing 302 Pages Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org This novel is an unabashed retelling of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald which takes place in a wealthy Black community in Los Angeles. I was not … Continued