Stock up your e-reader! (or your bookshelf)
Hello! If you’re in the US, you might have a long holiday weekend coming up and a chance to get in some extra reading time! Even without the holiday, any time is a good time to add to your TBR. Here are some books I’ve enjoyed lately. I’ve also posted more recommendations here. Happy Reading! - Kristan
I loved every page
Claudia works in an interesting and somewhat mysterious business—she verifies dating profiles. A client wonders if that match is lying, or wants to know why he’s always busy on the weekends, or if she actually has the job she says—and Veracity will do a little digging. (One should always read the fine print on those “click yes to accept terms and condit…
Marian Keyes is one of my favorite authors
Ah, insta-fame! This is the story of Irishwoman Stella Sweeney, who spent months in paralysis due to Guillain-Barre syndrome. Unable to speak or move, she has to communicate through blinking. The only one who really understands her—and almost reads her mind—is her doctor, Mannix. He is charmed by her brave take on life and lack of self-pity and starts j…
As always, Jojo Moyes gives us an entertaining novel
On her way to a meeting, Samantha Kemp realizes she’s accidentally grabbed someone else’s gym bag, so similar to hers that it was an easy mistake. She doesn’t have time to go back, and has to make do with the shoes in the stranger’s bag—high heeled Christian Louboutins. Suddenly, people are looking at her differently, a bit more interested in her…a Cind…
One of the best World War II novels I’ve read
You always wonder how ordinary Germans could sit back during the second World War and do nothing about Hitler. The German Wife describes one couple’s unbearable choice to submit to the evils of the Nazi party and still try to do some good. Their children are being brainwashed by the school-generated propaganda, praying to Hitler each night and becoming …
I’ve also posted more recommendations here. Enjoy!