Can’t Wait Wednesday – PACK UP THE MOON by Kristan Higgins
/20 Comments/by Suzanne
“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 for over a year now, 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 PACK UP THE MOON by Kristan Higgins. This sounds like one of those reads where I’ll probably need an entire box of tissues by my side, but I love Kristan Higgins’ writing so this is a must-read for me.
PACK UP THE MOON by Kristan Higgins
Publication Date: June 8, 2021 by Berkley
From Goodreads:
Every month, a letter. That’s what Lauren decides to leave her husband when she finds out she’s dying. Each month, she gives Josh a letter containing a task to help him face this first year without her, leading him on a heartrending, beautiful, often humorous journey to find happiness again in this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins.
Joshua and Lauren are the perfect couple. Newly married, they’re wildly in love, each on a successful and rewarding career path. Then Lauren is diagnosed with a terminal illness.
As Lauren’s disease progresses, Joshua struggles to make the most of the time he has left with his wife and to come to terms with his future–a future without the only woman he’s ever loved. He’s so consumed with finding a way to avoid the inevitable ending that he never imagines his life after Lauren.
But Lauren has a plan to keep her husband moving forward. A plan hidden in the letters she leaves him. In those letters, one for every month in the year after her death, Lauren leads Joshua on a journey through pain, anger, and denial. It’s a journey that will take Joshua from his attempt at a dinner party for family and friends to getting rid of their bed…from a visit with a psychic medium to a kiss with a woman who isn’t Lauren. As his grief makes room for laughter and new relationships, Joshua learns Lauren’s most valuable lesson: The path to happiness doesn’t follow a straight line.
Sometimes heartbreaking, often funny, and always uplifting, this novel from New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins illuminates how life’s greatest joys are often hiding in plain sight.
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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 – Christmas Cover Love
/24 Comments/by Suzanne
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 a Christmas Freebie so I decided it would be fun to share some festive Christmas-themed book covers that have caught my eye. I’ve been having a little trouble getting into the Christmas spirit this year so this topic came along at just the right time. Some of these caught my eye because they immediately made me think of my beloved Hallmark holiday films, which I actually haven’t started watching yet and really need to get going on. Others caught my eye because they have dogs on them and are just adorable, and still others caught my eye because of their vibrant red and green color schemes. And the Grinch of course is a perennial favorite primarily because of the nostalgia factor. It’s also kind of funny that Debbie Macomber’s covers feature so prominently because as much as I adore the covers, I’ve never actually read one of her holiday novels. I’ve only read some from her Cedar Cove series.
(As a side note, apologies for being somewhat absent the past week on my own blog and when it comes to blog hopping. A big work deadline that normally takes place on November 30th was extended to the end of this week because of COVID and we’re way behind because, even with the extension, we’ve had trouble getting what we need from our clients. Hopefully I’ll be back on track once we get through the deadline).
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10 Christmas Book Covers I Love
1. TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS by Debbie Macomber
2. BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE by Susan May Warren
3. CHRISTMAS CHARMS by Teri Wilson
4. HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS by Dr. Seuss
5. IN A HOLIDAZE by Christina Lauren
6. LET IT SNOW by Debbie Macomber
7. JINGLE ALL THE WAY by Debbie Macomber
8. ROYAL HOLIDAY by Jasmine Guillory
9. THE CHRISTMAS SISTERS by Sarah Morgan
10. ALASKAN HOLIDAY by Debbie Macomber
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What kind of holiday covers do you enjoy?
Can’t Wait Wednesday – ANGEL OF GREENWOOD by Randi Pink
/15 Comments/by Suzanne
“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 for over a year now, 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 ANGEL OF GREENWOOD by Randi Pink. I don’t often read YA historical fiction, but this synopsis really grabbed my attention. I’m not all that familiar with the Greenwood Massacre of 1921 so I want to know more about it and learning through the perspectives of Isaiah and Angel sounds like it will make for a powerful read.
ANGEL OF GREENWOOD by Randi Pink
Publication Date: January 12, 2020 by Feiwel and Friends
From Goodreads:
A historical YA novel that takes place during the Greenwood Massacre of 1921, in an area of Tulsa, OK, known as the Black Wall Street.
Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Wilson is, on the surface, a town troublemaker, but is hiding that he is an avid reader and secret poet, never leaving home without his journal. A passionate follower of WEB. Du Bois, he believes that black people should rise up to claim their place as equals.
Sixteen-year-old Angel Hill is a loner, mostly disregarded by her peers as a goody-goody. Her father is dying, and her family’s financial situation is in turmoil. Also, as a loyal follower of Booker T. Washington, she believes, through education and tolerance, that black people should rise slowly and without forced conflict.
Though they’ve attended the same schools, Isaiah never noticed Angel as anything but a dorky, Bible toting church girl. Then their English teacher offers them a job on her mobile library, a three-wheel, two-seater bike. Angel can’t turn down the money and Isaiah is soon eager to be in such close quarters with Angel every afternoon.
But life changes on May 31, 1921 when a vicious white mob storms the community of Greenwood, leaving the town destroyed and thousands of residents displaced. Only then, Isaiah, Angel, and their peers realize who their real enemies are.
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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. 🙂