This is an “own voices” book. A Burning was written by Megha Majumdar and published June 2020 by Knopf Books. Megha Majumdar was born in Kolkata, India and moved to the US to go to college. She’s an immigrant. In the book, the characters never immigrate to the US but they are all from theContinue reading “A Burning – Book Review – No Spoilers”
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Home Before Dark – Book Review – No Spoilers
Not what I expected!! I expected a super scary ghost story that was going to keep me up at night. It was and it wasn’t that. Home Before Dark by Riley Sager is officially published as of today! It’s published by Dutton Books. I got my copy as my pick from Book of the Month.Continue reading “Home Before Dark – Book Review – No Spoilers”
June BOTM Unboxing!!!
I’m so excited!! I received my box today and I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited to receive my Book of the Month box!!! With the box you pick at least one of the 5 choices for the month and then you can add-on two additional books. I picked two of June’s books. OneContinue reading “June BOTM Unboxing!!!”
A Good Marriage – Book Review – No Spoilers
My two May picks for my Book of the Month subscription were The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe, reviewed here, and A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight. I picked A Good Marriage because I saw a post somewhere that Nicole Kidman was looking at turning it into a movie and that intrigued me. I’m notContinue reading “A Good Marriage – Book Review – No Spoilers”
Decisions, decisions… what to pick for my June BOTM box…
I love my Book of the Month Subscription! It’s like Christmas twice a month, first when they release what the books are going to be for that month and again when you receive the books. I’m always excited to see what the books are and this month especially so because I had a guess asContinue reading “Decisions, decisions… what to pick for my June BOTM box…”
Popsugar #5 – A book set in a city that hosted the Olympics
In honor of the fact that the Summer Olympics were originally going to be held this summer, Popsugar created several Olympics themed prompts including this one: A book set in a city that hosted the Olympics. I thought this one might be hard but it turns out to be one of the first ones thatContinue reading “Popsugar #5 – A book set in a city that hosted the Olympics”
A Knockout Queen – Book Review – No Spoilers
If you want to watch my review, you can watch it here! I started this book yesterday day morning and finished it before going to bed last night. I could not put it down! I absolutely loved it and rated it 5 out of 5 stars on Goodreads. I will warn that this is notContinue reading “A Knockout Queen – Book Review – No Spoilers”
May BOTM Unboxing
I found Book of the Month about 18 months ago and it is so much fun! I love having the opportunity to pick out the books that I want every month. Seeing what books are available for the next month is like finding what is under the tree Christmas morning. The books are either bestContinue reading “May BOTM Unboxing”
Charlotte on Books 