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  Here are a few books that caught my eye that will be released in November 2024.   1-The Sunflower House Historical Fiction, Romance, WWII, Holocaust by Adriana Allegri Release Date: November 12, 2024 Good Reads gave it 4.61/5 stars   Family secrets come to light as a young woman fights to save herself, and others, in a Nazi-run baby factory—a real-life Handmaid's Tale—during World War II. In a sleepy German village, Allina Strauss’s life seems idyllic: she works at her uncle’s bookshop, makes strudel with her aunt, and spends weekends with her friends and fiancé. But it's 1939, Adolf Hitler is Chancellor, and Allina’s family hides a terrifying secret—her birth mother was Jewish, making her a Mischling. One fateful night after losing everyone she loves, Allina is forced into service as a nurse at a state-run baby factory called Hochland Home. There, she becomes both witness and participant to the horrors of Heinrich Himmler’s ruthless eugenics program. The Sunflower Hous...

  Join me for my reading wrap-up for September 2024! Plus the books I am reading currently. (There is an Amazon link to each book.  If you are interested in a bit more information, click on the link.  I am an Amazon Affiliate.  If you click on the link and buy anything at all, I get a percentage of the sale at no cost to you...thanks:-) ********************************************************************************* Book 1  " One Good Thing " by Alexandra Potter Genre: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Chick-Lit, Good Reads Rating-4.26/5 My Rating is 4.5/5 Overview One Good Thing is the new heartwarming, hilarious alternative love story, from the author of Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up, Alexandra Potter In life, nothing is certain. Just when you think you have it all figured out, something can happen to change the course of everything . . . Liv Brooks is still in shock. Newly-divorced and facing an uncertain future, she impulsively swaps her London Lif...

Here are a few books that caught my eye that will be released in September 2024.   1-All Shook Up A Novel Realistic Fiction, Rock and Roll, Young Adult by Enid Langbert Release Date: September 10, 2024 Good Reads gave it 4/5 stars   Overview... This YA debut speaks to the continued interest in the teen culture of the 1950s—Elvis Presley, teenage rebellion—with a young girl embarking on adventure and music, ultimately uncovering family secrets. Being fourteen is especially hard in 1956, when the world is changing around you. Honor student Paula Levy was born into a family of historical her mother’s youth was lost in the Depression and her father’s was destroyed in the Holocaust, an as-yet-unnamed event about which no one speaks. But Paula has heard the new music taking hold of the nation—rock and roll—and it has given her hope. And she has two friends to get her through life’s ups and Holden Caulfield, hero of  Catcher in the Rye , who shares her view of the world, and Bar...

I love to read, but I have been in a reading slump for the last several months.  I tend to listen to audible books rather than sit down and read a physical book.  I used to read 5 physical books a month but not lately.  I have decided to try to read at least one physical book each month.  I have been a member of Book of the Month for years, so I decided to order their August book.  They have 5 books to choose from each month.  Here are the books they had selected for us, and you will see which one I picked at the end of this post.   The book choices From Book Of The Month for August 2024 The Pairing by Casey McQuiston Genre: Romance, LGBTQ, Fiction, Adult Stars by Goodreads-4.01 Overview... #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes accidentally book the same European food and wine tour and challenge each other to a hookup competition to prove they're over each other—except they're definitely not. ...

   Hi, and welcome to my reading wrap-up for July 2024.   📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚 The Circus Train by Amita Parikh This was a Book of the Month book.  It took me some time to get through it.   Genre is Historical Fiction, Romance, WWII Overview from Goodreads At the World of Wonders, Europe's most magnificent travelling circus, every moment is full of magic, and nothing is as it seems--especially for the people who put on the show Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the circus, even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Theo. Brilliant and curious, Lena yearns for the real-world magic of science and medicine, despite her father's overprotection and the limits her world places on her because she is disabled. Her unconventional life takes an exciting turn when she rescues Alexandre, an orphan with his own secrets and a mysterious past. Over several years, as their friendship flourishes and Alexandre trains as the illusionis...