carpe librum
seize the book
(or in my case books! LOL)
on today's bookish minds,i'm actually featuring books that release tomorrow... so i'm asking...
what book being released tomorrow- july 30 is on your buy list
here are two worth a look
(read ARC's)
Natalie, a young art student in New York City, is struggling to pay her bills when a friend makes a suggestion: Why not go online and find a sugar daddy—a wealthy, older man who will pay her for dates and even give her a monthly allowance? Lots of girls do it, Nat learns. All that’s required is to look pretty and hang on his every word. Sexual favors are optional.
Though more than thirty years her senior, Gabe, a handsome corporate finance attorney, seems like the perfect candidate, and within a month, they are madly in love. At least, Nat is…Gabe already has a family, whom he has no intention of leaving.
So when he abruptly ends things, Nat can’t let go. But Gabe’s not about to let his sugar baby destroy his perfect life. What was supposed to be a mutually beneficial arrangement devolves into a nightmare of deception, obsession, and, when a body is found near Gabe’s posh Upper East Side apartment, murder.
i'm really keeping this short and sweet
i enjoyed almost every awful cheesy bad Lifetime movie moment of this well written book (sounds crazy doesn't it! LOL)
despite a bit of a slower start, the book picks up and doesn't let go just past the the halfway point.
Sarah Dove is no ordinary bookworm. To her, books have always been more than just objects: they live, they breathe, and sometimes they even speak. When Sarah grows up to become the librarian in her quaint Southern town of Dove Pond, her gift helps place every book in the hands of the perfect reader. Recently, however, the books have been whispering about something out of the ordinary: the arrival of a displaced city girl named Grace Wheeler.
If the books are right, Grace could be the savior that Dove Pond desperately needs. The problem is, Grace wants little to do with the town or its quirky residents—Sarah chief among them. It takes a bit of urging, and the help of an especially wise book, but Grace ultimately embraces the challenge to rescue her charmed new community. In her quest, she discovers the tantalizing promise of new love, the deep strength that comes from having a true friend, and the power of finding just the right book.
oh how i loved this book!
not to be cheesy but it really was utterly charming, and romantic and touching and... (i could go on but the book is worth your time to see what i mean)
i really enjoyed Sarah...Grace sadly not that much. a shame because this was Grace's book more than Sarah's (despite the title and touch of whimsy/paranormal)
no matter how much I tried to like Grace, I never quite warmed up to her but maybe it was because of how she acted at the start of the novel. but that doesn't mean i didn't like the book.
some very serious issues are at play here PTSD,grief, and Alzheimer's disease,are handled smartly and with a realistic touch.
the setting is also charming and i'm glad that will not be the only book in the series.
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