Title: SpareAuthor: Prince HarryPublisher: Random HouseHardcover: 410 pagesSource: PurchasedSummary: (taken from Goodreads): It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince… Continue reading Book Review: Spare by Prince Harry
This meme was created by Pen to Paper. Each week we will share a book that has been recently added to our wishlist or has been on it for ages. My husband and I found this on a trip to the Newberry Library’s Book Fair sale, which takes place in Chicago on the last week… Continue reading Wishlist Wednesday #17: Parodies – An Anthology from Chaucer to Beerbohm — And After by Dwight Macdonald
Title: Wonder Woman: Warbringer Author: Leigh Bardugo Series: DC Icons, Book 1 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Hardcover: 384 pages Source: ALA Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from The Book Depository She will become one of the world’s greatest heroes: WONDER WOMAN. But first she is Diana, Princess of the Amazons. And her fight is just beginning. . .… Continue reading Book Review: Wonder Woman Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo
Title: Crystal Line Author: Anne McCaffrey Series: Crystal Singer, Book 3 Publisher: Random House Paperback: 294 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads) When Killashandra Ree joined the mysterious Heptite Guild, she knew that she would be forever changed. Crystal singing brought ecstasy and pain, near-eternal life…and gradual loss of memory. What she hadn’t counted on was the… Continue reading Book Review: Crystal Line by Anne McCaffrey
Title: The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art Author: Sebastian Smee Publisher: Random House Hardcover: 416 pages Source: NetGalley Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Pulitzer Prize–winning art critic Sebastian Smee tells the fascinating story of four pairs of artists—Manet and Degas, Picasso and Matisse, Pollock and de Kooning, and Freud and… Continue reading Book Review: The Art of Rivalry by Sebastian Smee
Title: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Author: Lisa See Publisher: RandomHouse Kindle: 288 pages Source: Chicago OverDrive Summary: (taken from Goodreads) In nineteenth-century China, in a remote Hunan county, a girl named Lily, at the tender age of seven, is paired with a laotong, “old same,” in an emotional match that will last a lifetime. The laotong, Snow… Continue reading Book Review: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Title: Can You Keep a Secret? Author: Sophie Kinsella Publisher: Random House Paperback: 400 pages Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Meet Emma Corrigan, a young woman with a huge heart, an irrepressible spirit, and a few little secrets: Secrets from her boyfriend: I’ve always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken.… Continue reading Book Review: Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
Title: Passion Author: Lauren Kate Publisher: Random House Children’s Books Series Order: Book 3 Hardcover: 420 pages Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Luce would die for Daniel. And she has. Over and over again. Throughout time, Luce and Daniel have found each other, only to be painfully torn apart: Luce dead, Daniel left broken and alone.… Continue reading Book Review: Passion by Lauren Kate
Title: Torment Author: Lauren Kate Series: Fallen, Book 2 Publisher: Random House Hardcover: 452 pages Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Hell on earth. That’s what it’s like for Luce to be apart from her fallen angel boyfriend, Daniel. It took them an eternity to find one another, but now he has told her he must go… Continue reading Book Review: Torment by Lauren Kate
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