Fiction, Historical, Young Adult

The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein

Verity #4 Code Name Verity will forever and always be one of my all time favorite books. Whenever Elizabeth Wein has released a new book in the series (none of which follows the other directly but all are related) I immediately want to read it. And while none has thus far captured the unique magic… Continue reading The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein

History, Memoir/Autobiography, Nonfiction

The Nine of Us by Jean Kennedy Smith

Growing Up Kennedy This summer, the last of the nine Kennedy siblings, Jean, passed away at the age of 92. I'd had a copy of The Nine of Us sitting on my shelf as an ARC and as I've been working my way threw all my old ARCs, I figured it time to read The… Continue reading The Nine of Us by Jean Kennedy Smith

Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction

Ink & Sigil by Kevin Hearne

Ink & Sigil #1, Iron Druid Chronicles Spin Off I love fantasy, but I discovered I don't read a lot of fantasy by cis white dudes. Because most of fantasy is written by them, I often go looking for stories by women, POC, or LGBTQIA+ authors. But occasionally, a description will nab me, or a… Continue reading Ink & Sigil by Kevin Hearne

Contemporary, Fiction

The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan

Scottish Bookshop #2 After reading the third in the bookshop loosely related series this summer, 500 Miles From You, I decided I'd just fill my summer with lots of Jenny Colgan and go for three with the series! Synopsis From the publisher marketing:Desperate to escape from London, single mother Zoe wants to build a new… Continue reading The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan

Contemporary, Fiction

The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Royal We #2 I've found myself reading quite a bit of fiction this summer which is rare for me! Nonfiction readers don't fear, running the Nonfiction Book Club means that there will always be lots of nonfiction on my reading list! But I loved The Royal We so when I first found out a sequel… Continue reading The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Contemporary, Fiction

500 Miles From You by Jenny Colgan

Scottish Bookshop #3 Ever since reading The Bookshop On the Corner, I've been meaning to read more of Jenny Colgan's books. When I finally started to get back into reading fiction during self-isolation this year, I grabbed my advance copy for her latest book, 500 Miles From You, and was even more excited to discover… Continue reading 500 Miles From You by Jenny Colgan

Biography, History, Nonfiction

D-Day Girls by Sarah Rose

The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II I always enjoy a good World War II fiction or nonfiction book, and when this one came in as an advance copy at the store with a blurb from Erik Larson on the front cover, I knew it had to… Continue reading D-Day Girls by Sarah Rose

Biography, Book Club, History, Nonfiction, True Crime

Death in the Air by Kate Winkler Dawson

The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City Picking out books with my nonfiction book club is such fun. Death in the Air is very similar to Devil in the White City, or so I'm told, and it was a good fit for the nonfiction book… Continue reading Death in the Air by Kate Winkler Dawson