The Gilded Ones, by Namina Forna Order Now Her blood proves her worth. Deka lives in Otera, a land that has ritualized the patriarchy to keep women in their place. ‘The Gilded Ones,’ Namina Forna’s debut novel, takes you deep into these themes and more. As girls reach their sixteenth…
‘The Rural Diaries’ by Hilarie Burton Morgan is a breath of fresh air. The perfect memoir for the One Tree Hill generation!
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan GHM Rating: 5 of 5 stars It’s Downton Abbey crossed with Meangirls swathed in couture on an exotic cerulean sea that is unzipped just enough to peak into a world we have never seen…unless maybe you are reading this from your 140 million dollar…
Sometimes I Lie, by Alice Feeney GHM Rating: 5 of 5 stars Overall, I really like this book and could easily recommend it. It’s a solid four stars but could be a five if you were in the right mood – and, I was! It follows Amber as she “wakes”…
The Hazel Wood: A Novel, by Melissa Albert GHM Rating: 3 of 5 stars I was going to post The Hazel Wood as my next “to read”…but I read it. #thatescalatedquickly. I mean, that cover! How could you not!? The Hazel Wood is a modern-day fairy tale following that begins…
How to Be Married, by Jo Piazza GHM Rating: 4 of 5 stars In ‘How to be Married: What I Learned from Real Women on Five Continents about Surviving My First (Really Hard) Year of Marriage‘ Jo Piazza looks into marriages around the world whole embarking on her own adventure…
“I’ll Gather My Geese,” by Hallie Stillwell A Must-Read for Anyone Traveling to Out West For each seasonal list, we include a nonfiction pick, the autobiography, “I’ll Gather My Geese,” by Hallie Stillwell is part of the winter list and after reading it I’m inclined to include more Texas women…
“The Perfect Nanny” “The baby is dead. It only took a few seconds. The doctor said he didn’t suffer.” The Perfect Nanny, by Leila Slimani, begins with this bold statement and from there delves into a literary study of mothers, fathers, guilt, happiness, class, and racism. I made the…
Murder on the Orient Express Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie, is the heyday of murder-mysteries. It is classic and, from the opening lines, Mrs. Christie sets an impeccable stage and the reader is transported to a train station in Syria. Here we meet Christie’s most famous…
A List of Things That Didn’t Kill Me? I want to be Han Solo.” “Han – what about Luke?” John asked. Luke…never seemed to have much of a choice…Han Solo made choices, and most of them were pretty self-serving…But when the chips were down, he made a choice to come…