2024 Reading Challenge

2024 Reading Challenge
Jill Elizabeth has read 1 book toward her goal of 285 books.
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2023 Reading Challenge

2023 Reading Challenge
Jill Elizabeth has read 5 books toward her goal of 265 books.
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Excerpt: The Banned Books Club by Brenda Novak

About the Book

For fans of Elin Hilderbrand, a riveting exploration of family, sisterhood, and the transformative power of literature. When two sisters, one a free spirit at the helm of a rebellious book club, the other a conventional woman locked in the clutches of an unhappy marriage are forced into a reluctant reunion by their mother’s illness, they must confront past ghosts that rock the entire community. Continue reading Excerpt: The Banned Books Club by Brenda Novak

Excerpt: The Changing of Keys by Carolyn Jack

About the Book

With his father dead, a gifted, fourteen-year-old pianist finds himself sent away from his Caribbean home against his will, to study classical music in the U.S. with a family friend he’ s never met. His first angry, frightened step away from the controlling mother he’ s never been able to reach becomes a sharp break with her he leaps into the dramatic and cutthroat world of opera. In this high-stakes milieu, his fierce desire to be a star fires both his brilliance and the dark distrust of women and of love that is the legacy of his childhood, a legacy that threatens his career, his impulsive marriage, and the young daughter he never wanted. Continue reading Excerpt: The Changing of Keys by Carolyn Jack

Excerpt: The Ghost Cat by Alex Howard

About the Book

For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold and How to Stop Time, a charming novel by TikTok sensation Alex Howard that follows a cat through his nine lives in Edinburgh, moving through the ever-changing city and its inhabitants over centuries.

Early morning, 1902. In a gloomy Edinburgh tenement, Eilidh the charlady tips coal into a fire grate and sets it alight. Overhearing, a cat ambles over to curl up against the welcome heat. Continue reading Excerpt: The Ghost Cat by Alex Howard

Excerpt: The Backtrack by Erin La Rosa

About the Book

From the author of FOR BUTTER OR WORSE and PLOT TWIST comes a new speculative contemporary romance. One woman is sucked into the past—and shown glimpses of what her life could have been—as she listens to nostalgic hits on her old CD player. For fans of Rebecca Serle and Allison Winn Scotch. Continue reading Excerpt: The Backtrack by Erin La Rosa

Looking for More Reviews and Recommendations?

Want more reviews? A lot of the blog posts these days are excerpts – which is great, if you’re looking for a taste of something new, but a change from my previous review-focused postings… Due to time constraints, I’m not posting as many reviews directly to the blog but I’m definitely still reading and reviewing, so if you are interested in seeing more of that content, please visit my GoodReads page!