The Good Left Undone
From Adriana Trigiani, “a master of visual and palpable detail” (The Washington Post), comes a lush, immersive novel about three generations of Tuscan artisans with one remarkable secret. Epic in scope and resplendent with the glorious themes of identity and belonging, The Good Left Undone unfolds in breathtaking turns.
I saw this book on Taylor Jenkins Reid’s story and that’s all I needed to see to add this to my cart. First of all, the cover on this book is gorgeous. I don’t know how to explain it but there’s certain books that when you hear about their premise or plot, you just know that it’s going to be a new favorite. Reading the summary for this book had that affect on me. It’s such a big book full of rich, historical moments and I know that it’s not going to take much for me to get lost into the story of the Cabrelli family and more particularly, of the matriarch who’s started and is leading it all.
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
New York is slipping from Cleo’s grasp. Sure, she’s at a different party every other night, but she barely knows anyone. Her student visa is running out, and she doesn’t even have money for cigarettes. But then she meets Frank.
I honestly have no idea what this book is about but I see everyone and their mother’s giving this a five star rating. Besides the amazing cover, I love the title of this book and how the characters are named Cleopatra and Frankenstein. Cleo and Frank, isn’t that just a magnetic set of names for characters? I feel like their names also set up how messy, epic, and gripping the story’s going to be. From what I understand, this book follows the start, rise, and maybe the fall of Cleo and Frank’s romance. I love myself some messy romance and relationships.
Left on Tenth
The bestselling, beloved writer of romantic comedies like You’ve Got Mail tells her own late-in-life love story, complete with a tragic second act and joyous resolution.
I’m already thirty pages into this book and my gosh, it’s such an easy book to get into. Again, I’m only thirty pages in but I’ve already teared up twice. This book starts off following Delia and her late husband’s last days and how she’s coping with his loss. So major trigger warnings for cancer, grief, and loss.
This memoir just calls out to me. For those who don’t know Delia is the screenwriter behind big rom com’s such as “You’ve Got Mail.” This memoir follows her, as a 71 year old woman, dealing with the loss of her husband and connecting with an old flame or old lover from fifty or something years ago. The idea of second chance love and seeing how this woman who’s behind so many monumental rom coms finds her own rom com is so intriguing. Also knowing how much I do know from what I’ve read so far, it’s very clear how talented Delia is with her writing and how strong and resilient she is with all that she’s faced in life. There’s nothing I love reading more than about strong women.
Book Lovers
One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn’t see coming…
Nora Stephens’ life is books—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby.
I read my first Emily Henry book, “People We Met on Vacation”, last year and I didn’t exactly love it. I didn’t hate it but I didn’t love it as much as I thought I would. I think that I read this book at the wrong time and that I was reading it with the wrong mindset. Now that I’ve been introduced to Emily Henry’s writing and the kind of romance stories she pursues, I’m quite excited to go into her latest release, “Book Lovers” with an open mind and see where her story takes me. I’m itching for a really good contemporary romance and I’m hoping that this one does it for me.
The Nanny
The New York Times bestselling author of What She Knew conjures a dark and unpredictable tale of family secrets that explores the lengths people will go to hurt one another.
When her beloved nanny, Hannah, left without a trace in the summer of 1988, seven-year-old Jocelyn Holt was devastated. Haunted by the loss, Jo grew up bitter and distant, and eventually left her parents and Lake Hall, their faded aristocratic home, behind.
I know absolutely nothing about this book and I’m going to keep it that way. This was a recommendation from someone at the thrift store I frequent and she said it was one of the best thrillers she’s read in a while. I don’t read many thrillers and it’s definitely not because I don’t like them, I just never make time to sit down and read them. This book is pretty short so I’m hoping that it’ll get me into the genre a bit more.