Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to
your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include
books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends
or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!
It was a good week for chick lit books. My shelves are overflowing again - I still haven't started the last Deborah Harkness book! That's how much I have to read. Good problems to have......
FOR REVIEW:
What Might Have Been by Matt Dunn, "A year ago, Evan and Sarah shared one
incredible night. Then Evan’s music—the thing that brought them
together—suddenly tore them apart."
The Furies by Natalie Haynes, "After losing her fiancé in a shocking tragedy, Alex Morris moves from
London to Edinburgh to make a break with the past. Formerly an actress,
Alex accepts a job teaching drama therapy at a school commonly referred
to as "The Unit," a last-chance learning community for teens expelled
from other schools in the city. Her students have troubled pasts and
difficult personalities, and Alex is an inexperienced teacher, terrified
of what she’s taken on and drowning in grief."
Katwalk by Maria Murnane, " Katrina
Lynden has always walked a straight line in life, an approach that has
resulted in a stable career and pleased her hard-nosed parents but that
has also left her feeling unfulfilled—and miserable. When her best
friend suggests they quit their Silicon Valley jobs and embark on two
months of adventure in New York City, Katrina balks at the idea but
ultimately agrees, terrified yet proud of herself for finally doing
something interesting with her life. But when her friend has to back out
at the last minute, Katrina finds herself with a tough decision to
make."
Batter Up by Robyn Neeley, "Bakeshop owner Emma Stevens has a secret — a delicious, slightly
unorthodox secret. Each Monday, she mixes up a premonition to share with
the bachelors of Buttermilk Falls, and sets one lucky man on the path
to true love."
Christmas on Chestnut Street by Nancy Thayer, "As Christmas draws near, Felicia returns to her family’s home on the
island to marry her adventurous, rugged boyfriend, Archie. Every detail
is picture-perfect for a dream wedding: the snow-dusted streets,
twinkling lights in the windows, a gorgeous red and white satin dress.
Except a lavish ceremony is not Felicia’s dream at all; it’s what her
mother, Jilly, wants. Jilly’s also worried that her daughter’s life with
daredevil Archie will be all hiking and skydiving. Wondering if their
handsome neighbor Steven Hardy might be a more suitable son-in-law,
Jilly embarks on a secret matchmaking campaign for Felicia and the
dashing stockbroker."
IN MY MAILBOX:
Bittersweet by Miranda Beverley-Whittmore, "
Suspenseful and cinematic, Bittersweet exposes the gothic underbelly of an idyllic world of privilege and an outsider’s hunger to belong.
On
scholarship at a prestigious East Coast college, ordinary Mabel Dagmar
is surprised to befriend her roommate, the beautiful, wild, blue-blooded
Genevra Winslow. Ev invites Mabel to spend the summer at Bittersweet,
her cottage on the Vermont estate where her family has been holding
court for more than a century; it’s the kind of place where children
twirl sparklers across the lawn during cocktail hour. Mabel falls in
love with midnight skinny-dipping, the wet dog smell that lingers near
the yachts, and the moneyed laughter that carries across the still lake
while fireworks burst overhead. Before she knows it, she has everything
she’s ever wanted: friendship, a boyfriend, access to wealth, and, most
of all, for the first time in her life, the sense that she belongs."
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