Review: 3 stars Summary: Book #2 in the “Out of my mind” series. This book takes place about a year after book #1. We see Melody wanting to go away to camp like her other friends from school. She researches what camps she would be able to attend. And her mother agrees to take her. Read more
Review of “The Paris Apartment” by Lucy Foley
Review: 3.5 stars Summary: Jess decides to leave her life behind and move with her half-brother in Paris. He has an apartment there. She goes to his place only to discover that he is not there. The neighbors in the apartment complex are all acting odd. What happened to her brother? With a slew of Read more
GMA (Good Morning America) April 2022 Book Club pick with complete list of books
Here is a complete list of their books so far.
Reese Witherspoon (Hello Sunshine) Book Club pick for April 2020 with complete list of books
Here is a PDF with all of her books. This also includes her YA selections. Happy reading!
Book of the Month (BOTM) Books this month and complete list of main pick books
Here is a list of all their books. This is a printable PDF and only of the main picks. Here is some book club data too. Historical Fiction 53 Contemporary Fiction 60 Thriller 59 Romance 29 Fantasy 22 Sci-Fi 13 Literary Fiction 65 Memoir 22 Mystery 24 YA 13 Suspense 1 Short stories 7 History Read more
Jenna Bush-Hager (Today Show’s Read With Jenna) Book Club pick April 2022
A full printable list of her books are below. This is a printable PDF.
April book news
Come back all April long for more Book News. Netflix is adapting The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Liz Tigelaar will star * YES!!!!!!!!!!!!* HBO is adapting IT by Stephen King but into a prequel series. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer is being adapted with Andrew Garfield, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sam Worthington, etc. Read more
Review of “Unmasked: My Life Solving America’s Cold Cases” by Paul Holes
Rating: 4 star review Summary: A memoir about the personal life and career of Paul Holes. He worked on a lot of high-profile cases. One of the most notable cases was the EAR or Golden State Killer. He also talks about how his career affected his personal life. I am labeling this as a memoir Read more
Review of “A Very Large Expanse of Sea” by Tahereh Mafi
Rating: 4 star review Summary: A year after 9/11, we follow Shirin as she navigates an America school. She is Muslim and just trying to do your average teenager stuff while also dealing with racism. Review: The one thing that I liked the most was the characters in this book. The main character is just Read more
Review of “The Suite Spot” by Trish Doller
Rating: 4 star review Summary: Book two of a series. A single mother loses her job in Florida. In order to get a fresh start, she moves to Ohio with her daughter to work in a hotel. When she arrives, she meets a man who has struggles of his own. He is starting a hotel Read more
New Book Club from NYT (New York Times) and PBS NewsHour
https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/now-read-this Go here for an updated list of Book Clubs by celebrities or public websites! 🙂 I will be updating my celberity book guide. Even though this is not a celebrity book club… it is a public book club! Happy reading, Book Nerds!
Review of “By The Book” by Jasmine Guillory (Book #2 in the Meant To Be series)
Rating: 3.5 to a 4 star rating Summary: A modern re-telling of Beauty and the Beast. Part two of the “Meant to Be” series. Each book in the series is written by a different author and a new fairy tale. They are both stand-alone books. This book is about Isabelle who works at a publishing Read more
Arc alert: Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin
I got this today as book mail! Thanks to celadon books for my arc of Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin! I really enjoyed her other book called Saint X! It says it is a cross between The Lottery by Shirley Jackson and anything by Margaret Atwood! It comes out June 2022!
Review of “The Golden Couple” by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
Rating: 4 stars Summary: A therapist, Avery, has her license taken away. She now practices as a consultant. She takes on the case of Marissa and Matthew. Marissa cheated on her spouse and would like Avery’s help to help her marriage. As Avery goes through her 10-step processes for her therapy, she starts to uncover Read more
Review of “The Unsinkable Greta James” by Jennifer E. Smith
Rating: 4.5 star review Summary: A famous musician, Greta, mother passes away. She is grieving in her own way. Greta and her father really have not bonded. He has always questioned her life choices. Greta and her mother were always close. Her mother always supported her musician lifestyle. Greta’s father and mother were supposed to Read more
April 2022 Book Club Spoilers
March Book News (including book to movie adaptions)
I will update this all March long. Memoirs: Claire Foy (Facebook whistleblower) memoir: Deborah Birx (COVID-19 Task Force- former during Trump’s administration) is penning a book Outlander prequel series for Starz Notes for an Execution by Danya Kukafka will be adapted into a TV series Flatshare by Beth O’Leary will be on Paramount + Harold Read more
Belletrist (Emma Roberts) book pick for March 2022
For a complete list of books, click on this checklist.
Netflix book club pick for March 2022
Goop March 2022 Book Club pick (Gwyneth Paltrow)
HOW TO: How to get a BOTM (Book of the Month) receipt Penguin Readers Rewards website
How to upload a receipt for your Rewards for Penguin Book Club if you bought it from BOTM (Book of the Month)? This is what I do… I either go to the app and take a screenshot from my phone. You will need to make sure that you are screenshotting the amount of money (even Read more
Books set or about Ukraine list
People keep asking me about books about Ukraine. I am going to do a list of books about/set in Ukraine. Snegurochka by Judith Heneghan Grey Bees by andrey Kurkov Red Famine by Anna Applebaum Baba Dunja’s Last Love by Alina Bronsky The House with the Stained-Glass Window by Zanna Sloniowska East West Street by Philippe Read more
GMA (Good Morning America) Book Club pick for March 2022 and complete list of books
For a complete list of all their books, click below!
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Book club pick for March 2022 with complete list
Click below for a complete list of her books!
Read With Jenna (Jenna Bush-Hager’s Book Club on the Today Show) March 2022 Book pick and a complete list
Click below for a complete list of all of her books:
BOTM (Book of the Month Club) Complete checklist of Main picks (Updated 3/1/22)
Click above for the complete list of main picks only. Book Data: Historical Fiction 52 Contemporary Fiction 60 Thriller 59 Romance 29 Fantasy 21 Sci-Fi 13 Literary Fiction 64 Memoir 22 Mystery 23 YA 13 Suspense 1 Short stories 7 History 5 Historical Romance 1 Horror 12 Narrative Non-fiction 4 Legal Thriller 9 Non-fiction 11 Read more
Colleen Hoover posted a reading guide!
Review of “Haven’t Met You Yet” by Sophie Cousens
Overall: 4 stars Summary: Laura goes to Jersey for work. She is going to investigate her parents’ love story in the exact locations where they met, proposed, etc. Her believing that every love story has a great meet-cute story starts off this novel. On her trip, she picks up the wrong bag at the airport. Read more
Review of “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel
Overall: 3- 3.5 stars Summary: After a fly pandemic and the fall of civilization, the story follows a group of actors who travel to preform. We follow five people with eh travelling group of actors. My thoughts: I have to admit, the plot was very unique. I picked up this book twice before this. I Read more
Review of “Hard Pivot” by Apolo Ohno
Overall: 3.5- 4 stars Summary: This is a self-help and sort-of memoir of the speed skater Apolo Anton Oho. If you are making a major life change, then this book provides some good advice. My thoughts: I remember watching Apolo Anton Ohno speed skate in the Olympics. It is one of my fondest memories of Read more