By Cecily von Ziegesar ** Publication Date 10 November 2020 ** 4.5 stars Welcome to Cobble Hill, a charming neighborhood in Brooklyn. Here live a bunch of rather interesting characters whose lives are intertwined in ways you could never imagine. There’s Stuart Little, lead singer for the Three Blind Mice, along with his wife Mandy, …
By Philippa Gregory ** Publication Date 24 November 2020 ** 3.5 stars Book reviews are always subjective. Philippa Gregory is a fabulous novelist and the stories are well written. But try as a might, this book was a challenge for me to finish. Perhaps because I hadn’t read Tidelands, I wasn’t completely invested in the …
By Lia Louis ** Publication Date 14 July 2020 ** 4.25 stars Emmie Blue’s life has never been normal. Her mom hasn’t been around much. Since Emmie was a young teen, her mom has been on the road traveling with festivals. Emmie doesn’t even know her father. All she knows is what her mom told …
By Phillipa Ashley ** Publication Date 19 October 2020** 4 stars Lottie is rebuilding her life after a devastating break up and her sister’s cancer diagnosis. She has come to Firholme to start anew and build a new life, living and working on-site. As an event planner, it is her job to put Firholme on …
By Susie Yang ** Publication Date 8 September 2020 ** 5 stars Ivy Lin is 100% an American teenager. She longs for the same things all American teenagers do – the cool crowd, the handsome boyfriend, the right clothes. But Ivy is not 100% American. Ivy was born in Chongqing China, raised by her grandmother …
by Imogen Clark ** Publication Date 28 July 2020 ** 4 stars Cecily has disappeared on an unplanned vacation to Kefalonia, Greece. Her three grown daughters are looking for answers, and their father won’t give them. Cecily, meanwhile, isn’t quite sure what she’s doing in Kefalonia either. It all started with an envelope and a …
By Rachel Gibson ** Publication Date 21 July 2020 ** 4.5 stars Only child, Lou Ann, is a media mogul when it comes to her baby, Lulu the Love Guru. At 38, she has spent her whole adult life nurturing this baby, which has given her fame, fortune, and much happiness. Patricia, Lou Ann’s mom, …
By Kelli Jo Ford ** Publication Date 14 July 2020 ** 3.75 stars / This review will be posted at BookwormishMe.com on 7 July 2020 . Justine is a 15 year old Cherokee, living in Oklahoma with her mama and her grandmother. While her family does belong to the local Bible church, known by the …
By Barbara O’Neal ** Publication Date 14 July 2020 ** 5 stars This book was phenomenal. I don’t even know where to start to review it. Just a wonderful story from start to finish of four generations of women. Zoe is the mom of Isabel. Isabel has had some sort of tragic bullying episode in …
by Katherine Center ** Publication Date 14 July 2020 ** 5 stars Sam is a librarian at a creative and fabulous school on Galveston Island. She lives in the carriage house of the school founders’ home. Sam is happy and bright and full of life. Though she does have a bit of a secret. Babette …