I received an e-arc of this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Bookouture Pages: 384 Challenges: Around the World Challenge; Women's Challenge Summary Two women, centuries apart, bound together by the secrets of one of the most iconic buildings ever created. Pisa, 1999 Sam Campbell sits by her husband's… Continue reading Review: Secrets of the Tower by Debbie Rix
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Review: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Publisher: Pickwick Published: September 2014 (first published January 2012) Pages: 310 Challenges: Around the World Challenge; Women's Challenge Summary Recently retired, sweet, emotionally numb Harold Fry is jolted out of his passivity by a letter from Queenie Hennessy, an old friend, who he hasn't heard from in twenty years. She has written to say… Continue reading Review: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Review: Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Publisher: Garzanti Published: 9 October 1998 Pages: 338Challenges: Library Challenge; Around the World Challenge; Women's ChallengeRating: 3/5 Summary (from Goodreads) When an exotic stranger, Vianne Rocher, arrives in the French village of Lansquenet and opens a chocolate boutique directly opposite the church, Father Reynaud denounces her as a serious danger to his… Continue reading Review: Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Review: A Murder of Magpies by Judith Flanders
I received an e-arc of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Minotaur Books Publication Date: 24 February 2015 Pages: 288 Challenges: Around the World Challenge; Women's Challenge Summary It's just another day at the office for London book editor Samantha "Sam" Clair. Checking jacket copy for… Continue reading Review: A Murder of Magpies by Judith Flanders
Review: The Small Fortune of Dorothea Q by Sharon Maas
I received an e-arc of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Bookouture Published: 30 January 2015 Pages: 532 Challenges: Around the World Challenge; Women's Challenge Summary An epic, mesmerizing tale of tragic loss, the strength of words left unspoken, and the redeeming power of love.… Continue reading Review: The Small Fortune of Dorothea Q by Sharon Maas
Review: The Family Girl by Katherine Brankin
I received an e-arc of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Publisher: Vook Inc. Published: 9 October 2014 Pages: 222Challenges: Around the World Challenge; Women's Challenge Summary Ice-cold assassin Catalina Bennett wants a Faberge egg. A CIA funded venture-capital investment firm wants to get… Continue reading Review: The Family Girl by Katherine Brankin
Review: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publisher: Einaudi Published: 10 June 2008 (first published 2006) Pages: 456Challenges: Library Challenge; Around the World Challenge; Women's Challenge Summary In 1960s Nigeria, a country blighted by civil war, three lives intersect. Ugwu, a boy from a poor village, works as a houseboy for a university professor. Olanna, a young woman, has abandoned her… Continue reading Review: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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