Becoming Michelle Obama Random House, Nov 2018 429 pages, Kindle, Hardcover, Paperback, Audio book, Audio CD Memoirs/Bios, Women’s Lit, History, Ethnic/Cultural ✮✮✮✮✮ Purchased The cover is perfect with its large, captivating close-up of the former First Lady, Michelle Obama, who is the author and subject of this book. It shows her smiling, as I always… Continue reading Becoming
Month: December 2018
Sheer Mischief
Sheer Mischief Jill Mansell Sourcebooks, Jul 2018 416 pages, kindle, paperback, audiobook, audio cd Contemporary romance, second-chance romance, women’s lit Provided, NetGalley ✭✭✭✭✭ The cover is that typical Jill Mansell cover with soft colors, flowers and no real person. Yes, there is a woman standing there, but you can’t see her feet or anything… Continue reading Sheer Mischief
Element 42
Element 42 Sabel Security Book 1 Seeley James Machined Media, Apr 2015 350 pages, kindle, paperback Thriller, action ✭✭✭✭✭ Purchased The cover is totally appropriate to the story and yet I really didn’t like it. It seemed sort of like a bunch of disjointed elements placed on there that weren’t related. Oh well, not all… Continue reading Element 42
The Phantom Tree
The Phantom Tree Nicola Cornick Graydon House, Aug 2018 384 pages, kindle, paperback, audiobook, audio cd Historical Novel, Time Travel ✭✭✭✭✭ Provided, NetGalley The cover is so appropriate for this story of partial history and partial time travel. I loved this historical novel, using what is known and adding a good ending is always fun,… Continue reading The Phantom Tree
Circleborn
Circleborn The Broken Circle, Book 1 Nicholas Stephenson Jul 2015, 121 pages YA fantasy, Magic Purchased ✭✭✭⭑ The cover is unassuming and yet perfect for this book. A young man who looks perfectly normal against a background of an abstractly shattered circle. That about sums up the whole story. Ryan Faraway looks perfectly normal but… Continue reading Circleborn
a thoughtful reveal 