Can’t Wait Wednesday – THE GOLDEN DOVES by Martha Hall Kelly

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“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, which encourages fellow bloggers to spotlight upcoming releases that we’re excited about.  It is a meme that I have  loved participating in since I first started blogging, but as Jill is no longer actively posting, from now on I’ll be linking to Can’t Wait Wednesday, hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings, which is a spinoff of the original WoW meme.

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My selection for this week is THE GOLDEN DOVES by Martha Hall Kelly.  I was a big fan of Kelly’s Lilac Girls, a moving historical fiction series, which traced three generations of women from one family from WWII all the way back to the Civil War, so I’m very excited to get my hands on this new book, which promises to be a powerful read about female spies hunting fugitive Nazi doctors.

THE GOLDEN DOVES by Martha Hall Kelly

Publication Date:  April 18, 2023 by Ballantine Books

From Goodreads:

Two former female spies, bound together by their past, risk everything to hunt down an infamous Nazi doctor in the aftermath of World War II—an extraordinary novel inspired by true events from the New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls

American Josie Anderson and Parisian Arlette LaRue are thrilled to be working in the French resistance, stealing so many Nazi secrets that they become known as the Golden Doves, renowned across France and hunted by the Gestapo. Their courage will cost them everything. When they are finally arrested and taken to the Ravensbrück concentration camp, along with their loved ones, a reclusive Nazi doctor does unspeakable things to Josie’s mother, a celebrated Jewish singer who joined her daughter in Paris when the world seemed bright. And Arlette’s son is stolen from her, never to be seen again.

A decade later the Doves fall headlong into a dangerous dual mission: Josie is working for U.S. Army intelligence and accepts an assignment to hunt down the infamous doctor, while a mysterious man tells Arlette he may have found her son. The Golden Doves embark on a quest across Europe and ultimately to French Guiana, discovering a web of terrible secrets, and must put themselves in grave danger to finally secure justice and protect the ones they love.

Martha Hall Kelly has garnered acclaim for her stunning combination of empathy and research into the stories of women throughout history and for exploring the terrors of Ravensbrück. With The Golden Doves, she has crafted an unforgettable story about the fates of Nazi fugitives in the wake of World War II—and the unsung females spies who risked it all to bring them to justice.

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I’d love to hear what upcoming book releases you’re waiting on this Wednesday? Leave me your link in the comments below and I’ll stop by and check out your CWW selection for this week. 🙂

Top Ten Tuesday – 10 Book Covers That Feature Typography I Like

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.  Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!

This week’s TTT topic is Typographic Book Covers (Book covers with a design that is all or mostly all words. You can also choose to do books with nice typography if that’s easier!).  I’m not even going to lie; this topic really threw me for a loop even with the definition of a typographic book cover supplied for us.  For the longest time I couldn’t think of a single title that fit the description and even now I’m not convinced that most of these do but we’re just going to pretend I did a great job with this topic, okay? Haha!

10 Book Covers That Feature Typography I Like

 

 

1. CARAVAL by Stephanie Garber

2. IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS by Therese Anne Fowler

3.  THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by V.E. Schwab

4.  GOOD GIRL, BAD BLOOD by Holly Jackson

5. THE IT GIRL by Ruth Ware

6. NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo

7.  NOVEMBER 9 by Colleen Hoover

8.  TO SIR, WITH LOVE by Lauren Layne

9. SURVIVE THE NIGHT by Riley Sager

10. WITH YOU ALL THE WAY by Cynthia Hand

 

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Question:  Have you read any of these?

Can’t Wait Wednesday – FIVE SURVIVE by Holly Jackson

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“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, which encourages fellow bloggers to spotlight upcoming releases that we’re excited about.  It is a meme that I have  loved participating in since I first started blogging, but as Jill is no longer actively posting, from now on I’ll be linking to Can’t Wait Wednesday, hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings, which is a spinoff of the original WoW meme.

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My selection for this week is FIVE SURVIVE by Holly Jackson.  I loved Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series so I’m excited to hear she has a new book coming out and that it sounds like an exciting and addictive story about a road trip from hell.

FIVE SURVIVE by Holly Jackson

Publication Date:  November 29, 2022 by Delacorte Press

 

From Goodreads:

Eight hours. Six friends. Five survive. A road trip turns deadly in this addictive YA thriller from the bestselling author of the worldwide phenomenon A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER.

Red Kenny is on a road trip for spring break with five friends: Her best friend – the older brother – his perfect girlfriend – a secret crush – a classmate – and a killer.

When their RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere with no cell service, they soon realize this is no accident. They have been trapped by someone out there in the dark, someone who clearly wants one of them dead.

With eight hours until dawn, the six friends must escape, or figure out which of them is the target. But is there a liar among them? Buried secrets will be forced to light and tensions inside the RV will reach deadly levels. Not all of them will survive the night. . . .* * * * *

I’d love to hear what upcoming book releases you’re waiting on this Wednesday? Leave me your link in the comments below and I’ll stop by and check out your CWW selection for this week. 🙂

Top Ten Tuesday – Books on my Fall 2022 TBR

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.  Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!

This week’s TTT topic is Books on My Fall 2022 TBR.  I always enjoy this topic because I’m curious to see what my fellow book bloggers are planning to read next.  I am still on my quest to read more of the books I already own, so today I’m sharing a mix of ARCs and books from my own shelves that I’m hoping to read this fall.  The Guncle and Killers of a Certain Age are definite reads because my library holds for the audiobooks both came in this week.

Books on My Fall 2022 TBR

 

 

 

1. THE GUNCLE by Steven Rowley  –  “From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor comes a warm and deeply funny novel about a once-famous sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew.”

2. KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE by Deanna Raybourn  – “They’ve spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that they’re sixty years old, four women friends can’t just retire – it’s kill or be killed in this action-packed thriller.”

3. RUNNING WILD by K.A. Tucker – “From the internationally bestselling author of The Simple Wild comes the story of a woman at a crossroads in her life, struggling between the safe route and the one that will only lead to more heartbreak.”

4. REMINDERS OF HIM by Colleen Hoover  – “A troubled young mother yearns for a shot at redemption in this heartbreaking yet hopeful story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover.”

5. SPELLS FOR FORGETTING by Adrienne Young – “A deeply atmospheric story about ancestral magic, an unsolved murder, and a second chance at true love.”

6. THE WILDERWOMEN by Ruth Emmie Lang – “Two supernatural sisters uncover their curious past while searching for their missing mother.”

7. BEFORE I DO by Sophie Cousens  –  “What would you do if ‘the one that got away’ turned up the night before your wedding?”

8. EMPIRE OF THE VAMPIRE by Jay Kristoff – “Gabriel de León is a silversaint: a member of a holy brotherhood dedicated to defending realm and church from the creatures of the night. But even the Silver Order couldn’t stem the tide once daylight failed us, and now, only Gabriel remains. Imprisoned by the very monsters he vowed to destroy, the last silversaint is forced to tell his story. A story of legendary battles and forbidden love, of faith lost and friendships won, of the Wars of the Blood and the Forever King and the quest for humanity’s last remaining hope: The Holy Grail.”

9. WHEN IN ROME by Sarah Adams  –  “Opposites certainly attract for the stranded pop star and small-town baker in this charming slice of romance from the author of the TikTok sensation The Cheat Sheet.”

10. RUNAWAY GROOMSMAN by Meghan Quinn  –  “From USA Today and Amazon Charts bestselling author Meghan Quinn comes a heartfelt romantic comedy about new beginnings and finding the romanticized happily ever after in the most unlikely of places.”

 

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Question:  Have you read any of these or are you planning to read any of them?

Can’t Wait Wednesday – THE PARIS DAUGHTER by Kristin Harmel

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“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, which encourages fellow bloggers to spotlight upcoming releases that we’re excited about.  It is a meme that I have  loved participating in since I first started blogging, but as Jill is no longer actively posting, from now on I’ll be linking to Can’t Wait Wednesday, hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings, which is a spinoff of the original WoW meme.

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My selection for this week is THE PARIS DAUGHTER by Kristin Harmel.  I know I have a long wait for this one, but I just love Kristin Harmel’s books and couldn’t wait to share this one with you since she just revealed that gorgeous cover this week. It sounds like it’s going to be a heart-wrenching read, which is not a surprise based on the subject matter and the time period.

THE PARIS DAUGHTER by Kristin Harmel

Publication Date:  June 6, 2023 by Gallery Books

 

From Goodreads:

From the bestselling author of the “heart-stopping tale of survival and heroism” (People) The Book of Lost Names comes a gripping historical novel about two mothers who must make unthinkable choices in the face of the Nazi occupation.

Paris, 1939: Young mothers Elise and Juliette become fast friends the day they meet in the beautiful Bois de Boulogne. Though there is a shadow of war creeping across Europe, neither woman suspects that their lives are about to irrevocably change.

When Elise becomes a target of the German occupation, she entrusts Juliette with the most precious thing in her life—her young daughter, playmate to Juliette’s own little girl. But nowhere is safe in war, not even a quiet little bookshop like Juliette’s Librairie des Rêves, and, when a bomb falls on their neighborhood, Juliette’s world is destroyed along with it.

More than a year later, with the war finally ending, Elise returns to reunite with her daughter, only to find her friend’s bookstore reduced to rubble. Surviving neighbors tell her that Juliette and a little girl survived. But which little girl—and what happened in the bookstore’s final moments? Juliette has seemingly vanished without a trace, taking all the answers with her. Elise’s desperate quest to find out what happened to her daughter ultimately leads her to New York—and to Juliette—one final, fateful time.

An “exquisite and gut-wrenching novel” (Lisa Barr, New York Times bestselling author) you won’t soon forget, The Paris Daughter is also a sweeping celebration of resilience, motherhood, and love.

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I’d love to hear what upcoming book releases you’re waiting on this Wednesday? Leave me your link in the comments below and I’ll stop by and check out your CWW selection for this week. 🙂

Top Ten Tuesday: Ahoy Mateys! Ten Books with “Sea” in the Title

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.  Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!

This week’s TTT topic is Books with Geographical Terms in the Title (for example: mountain, island, latitude/longitude, ash, bay, beach, border, canyon, cape, city, cliff, coast, country, desert, epicenter, hamlet, highway, jungle, ocean, park, sea, shore, tide, valley, etc.  When I started looking on my shelves for books that fit the topic, I noticed that half the titles I found had the word “sea” in them, so I took that as a sign and set out to find five more “sea” titles.  Below is what I came up with.

Ten Books with “Sea” in the Title

 

 

 

1. THE STARLESS SEA by Erin Morganstern

2. SALT TO THE SEA by Ruta Sepetys

3.  SEA OF TRANQUILITY by Emily St. John Mandel

4.  THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA by T.J. Klune

5. THE GIRL THE SEA GAVE BACK by Adrienne Young

6. THE SEA WITCH by Sarah Henning

7.  SEAFIRE by Natalie C. Parker

8.  A VERY LARGE EXPANSE OF SEA by Tahereh Mafi

9. PERCY JACKSON: THE SEA OF MONSTERS by Rick Riordan

10. THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN by Lisa See

 

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Question:  Have you read any of these?

Can’t Wait Wednesday – THE NEIGHBOR FAVOR by Kristina Forest

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“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, which encourages fellow bloggers to spotlight upcoming releases that we’re excited about.  It is a meme that I have  loved participating in since I first started blogging, but as Jill is no longer actively posting, from now on I’ll be linking to Can’t Wait Wednesday, hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings, which is a spinoff of the original WoW meme.

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My selection for this week is THE NEIGHBOR FAVOR by Kristina Forest.  I love book that feature book loving characters, and this one just sounds too good to pass up.

 THE NEIGHBOR FAVOR by Kristina Forest

Publication Date:  February 28, 2023 by Berkley

From Goodreads:

In this heart-fluttering romance by Kristina Forest, a shy bookworm enlists her charming neighbor to help her score a date, not knowing he’s the obscure author she’s been corresponding with.

Shy, bookish, and admittedly awkward, Lily Greene has always felt inadequate compared to the rest of her accomplished family, who strive for Black excellence. She dreams of becoming an editor of children’s books but has been frustratingly stuck in the nonfiction division for years without a promotion in sight. Lily finds escapism in her correspondences with her favorite fantasy author, and what begins as two lonely people connecting over e-mail turns into a tentative friendship and possibly something else Lily won’t let herself entertain–until he ghosts her.

Months later, still crushed but determined to take charge of her life, Lily seeks a date to her sister’s wedding. And the perfect person to help her is Nick Brown, her charming, attractive new neighbor, whom she feels drawn to for unexplainable reasons. Little does she know that Nick is an author–her favorite fantasy author.

Nick, who has his reasons for using a pen name and for pushing people away, soon realizes that the beautiful, quiet woman from down the hall is the same Lily he fell in love with over e-mail months ago. Unwilling to complicate things even more between them, he agrees to set her up with someone else, though this simple favor between two neighbors is anything but–not when he can’t get her off his mind.

 

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I’d love to hear what upcoming book releases you’re waiting on this Wednesday? Leave me your link in the comments below and I’ll stop by and check out your CWW selection for this week. 🙂

Top Ten Tuesday – 10 Books I Loved So Much I Had to Get a Copy for My Personal Library

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.  Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!

This week’s TTT topic is 10 Books I Loved So Much I Had to Get a Copy for My Personal Library.  Even though I read a lot of ebooks, including ARCS and listen to a lot of audiobooks these days, I’m still a collector of physical books at heart.  If I love a book, I want to display it on my shelves.  Below are just a few of the many books that I originally either listened to or read some kind of e-version and decided I just had to have a physical copy after falling in love with the story.

10 Books I Loved So Much I Had to Get a Copy for My Personal Library

 

 

1. LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus

2. IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover

3.  THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid

4.  THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA by T.J. Klune

5. THE SIMPLE WILD Series by K.A. Tucker

6. THE PRACTICAL MAGIC Series by Alice Hoffman

7.  RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE by Casey McQuiston

8.  THE BOOKISH LIFE OF NINA HILL by Abbi Waxman

9. THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS by Ali Hazelwood

10. BEACH READ by Emily Henry

 

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Question:  Have you read any of these?

Can’t Wait Wednesday – YOURS TRULY by Abby Jimenez

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“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, which encourages fellow bloggers to spotlight upcoming releases that we’re excited about.  It is a meme that I have  loved participating in since I first started blogging, but as Jill is no longer actively posting, from now on I’ll be linking to Can’t Wait Wednesday, hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings, which is a spinoff of the original WoW meme.

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My selection for this week is YOURS TRULY by Abby Jimenez.  Part of Your World was my first read from this author and I loved it so much that I now want to read everything she has ever written.  Her newest book sounds like it has the potential to be her best yet!

YOURS TRULY by Abby Jimenez

Publication Date:  April 11, 2023 by Forever

From Goodreads:

A novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious second chances, and the joy in finding your perfect match from “a true talent” (Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author).

Dr. Briana Ortiz’s life is seriously flatlining. Her divorce is just about finalized, her brother’s running out of time to find a kidney donor, and that promotion she wants? Oh, that’s probably going to the new man-doctor who’s already registering eighty-friggin’-seven on Briana’s “pain in my ass” scale. But just when all systems are set to hate, Dr. Jacob Maddox completely flips the game . . . by sending Briana a letter.

And it’s a really good letter. Like the kind that proves that Jacob isn’t actually Satan. Worse, he might be this fantastically funny and subversively likeable guy who’s terrible at first impressions. Because suddenly he and Bri are exchanging letters, sharing lunch dates in her “sob closet,” and discussing the merits of freakishly tiny horses. But when Jacob decides to give Briana the best gift imaginable—a kidney for her brother—she wonders just how she can resist this quietly sexy new doctor . . . especially when he calls in a favor she can’t refuse.

“Abby Jimenez’s words…sprinkle humor and warmth all over my life.” –Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis

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I’d love to hear what upcoming book releases you’re waiting on this Wednesday? Leave me your link in the comments below and I’ll stop by and check out your CWW selection for this week. 🙂

Top Ten Tuesday – It’s Back to School Time: Ten of My Favorite Reads with an Academic Setting

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Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.  Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!

This week’s TTT topic is School Freebie (In honor of school starting up soon, come up with a topic that somehow ties to school/education. The book could be set at school/college, characters could be teachers, books with school supplies on the cover, nonfiction titles, books that taught you something or how to do something, your favorite required reading in school, books you think should be required reading, your favorite banned books, etc.).

The last time we had a school freebie I shared 10 of my favorite reads that are set in school.  That was a few years ago so I decided it would be fun to do the same post but updated for newer favorites.  I’ve got a pretty wide selection here, from thrillers to romance, both Adult and YA so some are set in high schools while others are set at colleges or universities.

10 of My Favorite Reads with an Academic Setting

 

 

1. THE IT GIRL by Ruth Ware

The “It” girl at Oxford is murdered and the list of possible suspects is a mile long because the “It” girl was also a mean girl.

 

2. SEE YOU YESTERDAY by Rachel Lynn Solomon

A YA romance with a major Groundhog’s Day vibe set at a college where two students

find themselves reliving the first day of college over and over again.

 

3.  A BRUSH WITH LOVE by Mazey Eddings

A super cute romance that is set in a dental school.

 

4.  AS IF ON CUE by Marisa Kanter

An enemies-to-lovers romance that features A pair of fierce foes are forced to work together to save the arts at their high school.

 

5. PERFECT ON PAPER by Sophie Gonzales

 A bisexual girl who gives anonymous love advice to her classmates is hired by the hot guy to help him get his ex back.

 

6. FOR YOUR OWN GOOD by Samantha Downing

A twisty thriller set at a prestigious private school where the Teacher of the Year is determined to teach everyone a lesson.

Teddy knows best and you’d better stay out of his way if you know what’s good for you…

 

7.  THIS MAY END BADLY by Samantha Markum

A longtime rivalry between two boarding school escalates  and spirals into pure chaos

when it’s announced that the two schools will be merging into one.  The students just aren’t having it…

 

8.  I KISSED SHARA WHEELER by Casey McQuiston

Shara Wheeler and Chloe Green are locked in a fierce race to win the title of class valedictorian.  When Shara abruptly goes missing but leaves clues to her whereabouts, Chloe decides to play the game and find her.  Because really, it’s just not as satisfying to win valedictorian because your  rival stopped coming to school.

 

9. NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo

Set at Yale, this is a dark fantasy read that features Ivy League secret societies.

 

10. MY OXFORD YEAR by Julia Whelan

Set at Oxford, this is an emotional story about a determined young woman eager to make her mark in the world

and the handsome man who introduces her to an incredible love that will irrevocably alter her future.

 

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Question:  Have you read any of these?