I really enjoy Jenny Colgan’s books for a bit light-hearted escapism, and this one did not let me down. Know that this is book 3 of the series, and somehow I read the first book and still have the second one sitting in my TBR pile, but even so, I really enjoyed this book and easily picked up what I missed. Lissie is a London nurse, juggling dozens of patients assigned to her house call … Read More “500 Miles from You by Jenny Colgan” »
**BLOG TOUR** I’m excited to be posting as part of the Bookouture Blog Tour for their latest thriller, The Birthday Weekend. Back in college, there was a close-knit group of girls who were seemingly very close: Amy, Kat, Louise, Daisy, and Hannah. Everyone got along until Hannah’s boyfriend and first love Sam left her for Daisy. Not too much later, Hannah was found dead in the woods by the school, presumed a suicide. Now, 25 … Read More “The Birthday Weekend by Lesley Sanderson” »
Lucy lost her mother at a young age, so when she gets engaged to Ollie, she dreams of having a close, loving relationship with Diana, her mother-in-law to be. But, while Diana is well-respected in the community and established a nonprofit to help new refugees, she is very cold (albeit polite) to Lucy. She isn’t mean, necessarily, more unaware — from emphasizing the borrowed part of the something borrowed item she lends Lucy for the … Read More “The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth” »
I had a lot of fun reading this book — couldn’t put it down — and then I got to the ending. Womp womp. Amber and Nick have separated and decided to sell the home that his mother, Barb, sold to them a few years earlier to make into a home for themselves and their two children. Now that their marriage has fallen apart, Amber wants to sell quickly so she can move on with … Read More “The Open House by Sam Carrington” »
For those who have read Lisa See’s The Island of Sea Women, you’ll be familiar with the haeneyo, the women who are deep sea divers in Korea. But, this is a very different story. Told in two parts, divided between post-WW2 Korea and present-day United States, we learn about Junja, a teenage girl who has become a successful haeneyo, following in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother. She convinces her mother to allow her … Read More “The Mermaid from Jeju by Sumi Hahn” »