Code Name Sapphire by Pam JenoffMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
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August book pick
 My August book pick is late because I have been at work, I apologize for that. Still, this book is worth waiting for. I have always been a big fan of Jamie Ford, always. I read his first book (On the Corner of Bitter and Sweet) because it was the local "meet the author" event at our local community college. The book was spectacular!! Jamie sent out a digital book on one of the characters from that book and with those two books, I knew I was going to read anything he would write from now on. Fast forward to November 2021, this book was scheduled to be published in early 2022 and I got ahold of an advanced reader's copy. I just adored it!!! The book got delayed and I read it again because I loved it so much. I decided that when it was published, it would be my monthly book pick. The day has finally come, and before I could tell you how much I loved it, Jenna Bush Hager picked it for her monthly book. I am telling you, it is spectacular!!!!! Here is what I wrote on Goodreads: First of all, this was a complete departure from anything I have ever read. Secondly, once I started reading I did not stop until I finished the book, it just sucked me right into its grasp. I was a bit wary of keeping all the women straight, but I worried for nothing because the book was written so that you didn't get lost in the characters, you got lost in the story. Dorothy is our main character and she struggles with life, mentally. Dorothy is a former poet laureate and married to a man that she really doesn't love (maybe doesn't realize it), and absolutely adores her little girl. Her problems arise when her husband tries to make her feel she is inadequate and she feels haunted by the past (enter all the other characters). The book takes you on. the journey of how Dorothy seeks therapy and experimental treatment that is supposed to help her connect these bridges to her past (and the other characters). |
14 June 2022
22 May 2022
Review: On Gin Lane
On Gin Lane by Brooke Lea FosterMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Everleigh has it all, a big trust fund, loads of friends, and an adoring fiance, Roland. Roland moves Everleigh (Lee) out to the Hamptons for a fun-filled life in a hotel that he had built and named after her. When the hotel catches on fire it shakes up their lives and the lives of their friends. The cops are investigating because the fire was arson. This is a drama-filled book with a long list of suspects and a girl who is tired of the socialite lifestyle.
I received an advanced reader's copy in exchange of my honest review
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14 May 2022
08 May 2022
Review: The Codebreaker's Secret
The Codebreaker's Secret by Sara AckermanMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This dual timeline book is set in Hawaii during WWII and the mid-1960s. During the wartime plot, Pearl Harbor was attacked and Walt was killed. We meet Izzy a code breaker who has joined the war to avenge the death of her brother, Walt. She also tries to spend all of her free time doing the Hawaiian things her brother loved so much.
In the 1960s timeline, we meet Lu who has been sent to photograph a fancy hotel opening. She spends her time with the hotel owner and a local photographer. When they discover a body in a cave, it brings back the photographer's past and ties the two timelines together.
I very much enjoyed how the two timelines intertwined throughout the book and the way they gelled near the end of the book was great! This may be my favorite book by Ms. Ackerman.
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