The Secret Book of Flora Lea

 

Title: The Secret Book of Flora Lea

Author: Patti Callahan Henry

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

 
ISBN: 9781797155982

 

Thoughts: A historical mystery that will remind you of childhood fantasy novels while explaining the reason a specific trope of them exists.

Rating: 4/5

Mom in the Movies

 

Title: Mom in the Movies: The Iconic Screen Mothers You Love (and a Few You Love to Hate)

Author: Richard Corliss

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

 
ISBN: 9781476738260

 

Thoughts: Good as a coffee table book, but did not feel as comprehensive as it could have been.

Rating: 3/5

Stacking the Shelves: 11/19-11/25

Received in Blind Date with a Book from Serpent & Flame:

 

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

Amazing Grace Adams

Title: Amazing Grace Adams

Author: Fran Littlewood

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.

 
ISBN: 9781250334152

 

Thoughts: Littlewood manages to pull more feelings than expected from a novel about a woman going through an existential crisis.

Rating: 4/5

Violeta

 

Title: Violeta

Author: Isabel Allende

Publisher: Random House Audio

 
ISBN: 9780593558850

 

Thoughts: Allende's writing is so powerful that I kept forgetting that Violeta was not a real person.

Rating: 4/5

Stacking the Shelves: 11/5-11/18

 

Won:

The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan

Curvy Girls Can't Date Quarterbacks

 

Title: Curvy Girls Can't Date Quarterbacks

Author: Kelsie Stelting

Publisher: Kelsie Stelting Creative LLC

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: Fun, positive, sweet YA romance, but some of the characterizations were a little too stock.

Rating: 3/5