Book Review: Harmony by Carolyn Parkhurst

I received this book free as part of a prize pack from Penguin Random House Library. Title: Harmony Author: Carolyn Parkhurst Genre: Fiction Publisher: Viking Release Date: 2016 Format: Advanced Uncorrected Proofs Pages: 275 ABOUT THE BOOK {from the flap} Alexandra and her husband have tried everything to help their off~the~charts genius but impossible daughter, who has been deemed “undiagnosable.” Once…

Book Review: The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

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Book Review: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

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Book Review: What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarity

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Book Review: Phage by Mark Tamplin

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Book Review: Sweetsmoke by David Fuller

Disclaimer: I received this book free of charge in exchange for a review because I am a LibraryThing Early Reviewer. This consideration did not influence my review. Sweetsmoke is the story of Cassius Howard, a secretly literate slave, and his desire to find justice for his murdered friend, Emoline Justice. Emoline was a free black woman…

The Cost of Love and Sanity: a novel by Jaye Cherie {Book Tour}

BOOK DESCRIPTION {FROM THE BACK OF THE BOOK} For Alex Carter, everything is going according to plan ~ she’s built up a successful career and has a steady boyfriend ~ until life decides to throw a wrench in the mix. Suddenly, her company threatens to downsize and her boyfriend ends their relationship. It is then…

The Weird Sisters: A Novel By Eleanor Brown {Book Review}

BOOK DESCRIPTION (FROM THE BACK OF THE BOOK) Three sisters have returned to their childhood home, reuniting the eccentric Andreas family. Here, books are a passion (there is no problem a library card can’t solve) and TV is something other people watch. Their father ~ a professor of Shakespeare who speaks almost exclusively in verse…

A Secret Kept A Novel by Tatiana de Rosnay {Book Review}

BOOK DESCRIPTION (FROM THE BOOK)  This stunning new novel from Tatiana de Rosnay, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Sarah’s Key, plumbs the depths of complex family relationships and the power of past secret to change everything in the present. It all began with a simple seaside vacation, a brother and sister recapturing…

Book Tour: The Tehran Initiative by Joel C. Rosenberg

BOOK DESCRIPTION (FROM THE INSIDE JACKET) IS IT FICTION, OR IS IT REAL? The world is on the brink of disaster. Iran has just conducted its first atomic weapons test.  Millions of Muslims around the world are convinced their messiah ~ known as the Twelfth Imam ~ has arrived on earth.  Israeli leaders fear Tehran,…