Bitter Honey Two women. Four decades. A lifetime of secrets. 1978: A scholarship draws Nancy from Gambia’s warmth into Sweden’s winter. When her friendship with charismatic scholar Lars blossoms into something more, she thinks she may have finally found her place. But there’s more to Lars than his […]
Don’t Feed the Lion Thank you to NetGalley and Arcadia Children’s Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. With unexpected twists and compelling characters, Don’t Feed the Lion explores how young people grapple with antisemitism, prejudice, allyship, and the […]
The Magnificent Ruins Thank you to Algonquin Books for sending me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Lila De is on the verge of a breakthrough in her career at a New York publishing house when she learns that her grandfather has […]
The Tattered Cover Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Cozies for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. It was a dark, rainy night at Nora Pennington’s Miracle Books when a mysterious death brings the Secret, Book, and Scone Society into […]
The Ferryman and His Wife Thank you to NetGalley and Algonquin Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. In the spirit of Amor Towles and George Saunders, the renowned, bestselling Norwegian author Frode Grytten takes listeners on a quietly […]
The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah Thank you to NetGalley and MIRA for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Can these exes rekindle their love this Hanukkah? Evelyn Schwartz has the perfect Hanukkah planned: eight jam-packed days producing the live-action televised […]
The Library of Fates Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Audio for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. When its librarian keeper mysteriously dies, two former classmates must race to locate a rare book from their college years that can foretell […]
The Bookshop Below Thank you to NetGalley, Redhook, and Hodderscape for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. In this extraordinary standalone from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The City of Stardust, a disgraced bookseller is offered the chance […]
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives The revelatory New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year Award. An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo’s cobalt mining operation―and the moral implications that affect us all. Cobalt […]
Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot’s genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother’s kitchen. […]
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