Homecoming
By Kate Morton | Moderated by Celinés | Historical Fiction | Mystery About the Book Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek in the grounds of a grand country house, a local man makes a terrible…
June 2023 – Book Releases
So many books, so little time!!! I am guilty to admit that I judge a book by it’s cover, here is a compilation of upcoming books for June 2023. …
The Cuban Heiress
By Chanel Cleeton 1492 Columbus “discovers” indigenous tobacco in Cuba and takes it back to the Old World. 1511 Spain takes control of Cuba. 1614 La Casa de Contratatacion de la Habana formed to develop tobacco production in Cuba. 1717 Royal monopoly control on tobacco growing in Cuba…
How to read Mexican Gothic
Moderated by Margie Filpo Plot Summary At the request of her father, Noemí Taboada travels to High Place, the remote country estate of the Doyle family. Her mission is to help her cousin, Catalina, who has written a frantic letter claiming she needs…
The London Séance Society
Moderated by Marielle Suárez Plot Summary Lenna Wickes, a young woman who does not believe in ghosts, is investigating the mysterious death of her younger sister, Evie. The trail leads her to the London Séance Society, an all-male collective to which her sister…
Someone Else’s Shoes
Moderated by Margie Filpo The Significance of Shoes 👠 In Someone Else’s Shoes, the shoes are a central symbol. They not only drive the plot but also represent how the characters, Sam and Nisha, view themselves and are perceived by others. For Sam,…
Spare – The Prince
Add Your Heading Text Here Moderated by Julie Belliard – 410 Pages Our rating In a 2021 prologue, Prince Harry meets with his family, who don’t understand his reasons for leaving the royal family. He considers the reasons too complicated to articulate. Part…
Wish You Were Here
Add Your Heading Text Here Moderator: Liliana Delgado – Fiction – Rating goodreads 3.98 Our rating Diana O’Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New York City suburbs, all…
Pretty Little Wife
Moderator: Celinés – Thriller – 403 Pages Our rating Lila Ridgefield lives in an idyllic college town, but not everything is what it seems. Lila isn’t what she seems. A student vanished months ago. Now, Lila’s husband, Aaron, is also missing. At first…
The Henna Artist
By Alka Joshi – Moderator: Virginia López Our rating Jaipur, India, 1955. At just seventeen years old, Lakshmi escapes an abusive husband and heads to the vibrant city of Jaipur, where she becomes the most sought-after henna artist and confidante of upper caste…
