This is the first time I am using this meme which is originally hosted by Hoarding Books. The idea is to share the first few lines of a book you are reading or have recently read and then present it. The first lines: The year before my father died, he came with us to Sweden […]
Author Archives: happytonic
#Friday I’m in love #Romance Book review # Handle with Care by Helen Hunting
The next book set in Helena Hunting hilarious and sexy world of Shacking Up! Between his parents’ messed up marriage and his narcissistic younger brother, Lincoln Moorehead has spent the majority of his life avoiding his family. After the death of his father, Lincoln finds himself in the middle of the drama. To top it […]
# Book review #Middle Grade/YA #Fledgling by Molly Harper # Sorcery and Society 2
The second book in The Sorcery and Society series makes us revisit the wonderful magic world of Sarah Smith (a.k.a Cassandra Reed) and her friends, brought to us by ever so entertaining Molly Harper. If you haven’t read the first book of the series, it is probably better to go back and start from the […]
#Book Review # Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
Some books leave you feeling better about the world and people in it. Either because their main message is that of love, hope, and forgiveness, or because they have amazing characters: strong, calm, caring. They put your feet a bit more firmly on the ground, because you recognize they are rooted in reality, and uplift […]
He, she, baby bottle and Baby B # Book review #Call her mine by Melissa Foster
Synopsis: Two besties and a baby make for an instafamily and a surprising romance in a delightful series by Melissa Foster, the New York Times bestselling author of the Sugar Lake novels. Ben Dalton has always been honest, except where his heart is concerned. He’s been in love with his best friend—saucy, smart-mouthed Aurelia Stark—forever. […]
#Book Review # Keeping Lucy by T.Greenwood
Dover, Massachusetts, 1969. Ginny Richardson’s heart was torn open when her baby girl, Lucy, born with Down Syndrome, was taken from her. Under pressure from his powerful family, her husband, Ab, sent Lucy away to Willowridge, a special school for the “feeble-minded.” Ab tried to convince Ginny it was for the best. That they should […]
#Middle Grade Monday #Book Review # The Bone Garden by Heather Kassner
“Remember, my dear, you do not really and truly exist.” Made of dust and bone and imagination, Irréelle fears she’s not quite real. Only the finest magical thread tethers her to life—and to Miss Vesper. But for all her efforts to please her cruel creator, the thread is unraveling. Irréelle is forgetful as she gathers […]
#Book Review # Because you’re mine by Rea Frey
The truth will set you free. But it’s the lies that keep you safe. At the beginning of the book a woman dies, falling down from a treacherous mountain path and leaving her child motherless. Who is she? what kind of secrets and frustrations made her go on the fateful mountain climb when she was […]
#Book Review #A Highlander walks into a Bar by LauraTrentham
An entertaining read just perfect for summer when my head stubbornly refuses to concentrate on merits of literary fiction, but wants romance, romance, romance…. And I got plenty of it with two lovely Scottish-American couples exploring what home, tradition and love is under the hot Georgian sun. Isabel (Izzy) Buchanan is such a mix of […]
#Book review # Escape Room by Megan Goldin
On Monday morning a security employee hears two gun shots coming from a largely unused elevator. He calls the police who manage to open the door…and retreat in shock at the amount of blood covering the small space. What exactly led to this situation? Who were the four people confined in this elevator and why […]
