Michelle's Musings

22 May 2022

Review: On Gin Lane

On Gin Lane by Brooke Lea Foster
My 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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Review: On Gin Lane

On Gin Lane by Brooke Lea Foster
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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14 May 2022

Review: The Sunshine Girls

The Sunshine Girls by Molly Fader
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

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08 May 2022

Review: The Codebreaker's Secret

The Codebreaker's Secret by Sara Ackerman
My 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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01 May 2022

May Book Pick

I am a bit late posting this one, I apologize for my tardiness.

This month is a book that pulled me out of my book slump. This book is about a young woman that is very close to her mother. Katy and her mom were so close that when Carol was diagnosed with cancer, they were still planning an epic trip to Italy. Carol had lived in Italy when she was younger and she had talked about it for years. Carol passes away before they could take the trip and Katy, being unhappy in her marriage decides to take the trip alone. Here is where I will stop telling you about it and give you some general. Katy will meet someone in Italy that will completely change her life and make her rethink every decision she had made.

I found the setting beautiful and the story fun. I hope you enjoy it.