Last week’s Shelf Awareness Maximum Shelf pick was Alison Espach‘s THE WEDDING PEOPLE, a propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help us start anew. It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold […]
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Historical Fiction Roundup (12/5/23)
We’re traveling throughout history with these novels–from an ode to the power of art during wartime, to a ranch for newly-divorced women in 1950’s Reno, Nevada, to a private investigator who has a chance to evade murder charges by committing another crime. GLORIOUS EXPLOITS BY FERDIA LENNON Available for download on Edelweiss know more. LibraryReads […]
Debut Spotlight (11/30/2023)
Today we’re highlighting a stylish, uncommonly clever novel about the things we want and the things we think we want. PIGLET is both an examination of women’s often complicated relationship with food and a celebration of the messes life sometimes makes for us. You won’t believe this is a debut! PIGLET BY LOTTIE HAZELL Available […]
Maximum Shelf: BAD SUMMER PEOPLE (3/1/23)
Today’s Shelf Awareness Maximum Shelf pick is Emma Rosenblum’s BAD SUMMER PEOPLE, in which a picture-perfect couple’s summer vacation suddenly goes awry when a dead body turns up and exposes long-buried secrets between people who thought they knew each other. Jen Weinstein and Lauren Parker rule the town of Salcombe, Fire Island every summer. They hold sway on the […]