Women’s Prize 2021 Shortlist Announced
The 2021 Women’s Prize Shortlist was announced yesterday, and I’m so impressed by this list! I’ve read three of the titles on the shortlist (Piranesi, The Vanishing Half and Transcendent Kingdom) and thought they were all terrific books. It always makes me excited to see great books being recommended, so I was delighted to see …
50 Best Books You’ve Never Heard Of
For Independent Bookstore Day on April 24th, I wanted to celebrate lesser known books that many people have never heard of! Okay, let’s be honest, if you’re a book lover, you’ve probably heard of some of these books. But hopefully in this list of the 50 Best Books You’ve Never Heard Of, there will at …
June 2021 Books – Upcoming New Releases
Notable upcoming books to be published in June 2021, limited to hardcover new releases. Here are the most anticipated titles for the month:
50 Best Summer Beach Reads of All Time (By Year)
With summer finally approaching, I’m eager to revisit some books that are great summer vacation beach reads! These books are often set on summer holidays, in vacation spots, in warmer settings, or just on a beach. They also lean towards being more upbeat, breezy reads (though not always) that are perfect to dive into with …
25 Best Novels Set During the Great Depression
After reading Kristin Hannah’s The Four Winds and Jojo Moyes’s The Giver of Stars, it got me thinking about other novels set during the Great Depression. Despite their often dire and difficult settings, these books are often portraits in survival or courage, though often tinged with man’s failings and disappointments as well. General Adult Novels …