Lea’s Top 5 New Releases, in no particular order 1. Of One Blood by Pauline Hopkins The Description: A mixed-race Harvard medical student stumbles upon a hidden Ethiopian city, the inhabitants of which possess both advanced technologies and mystical powers. Long before Marvel Comics gave us Wakanda, a high-tech African country that has never been … Read more
Because I have a very strange definition of “vacation,” I’m still working on reviewing books. But, my inability to win the battle over FOMO worked out for “Learning in Public: Lessons for a Racially Divided America from My Daughter’s School” by Courtney E. Martin. I’m not going to lie: I was struggling with this book … Read more
“You Deserve Better” by Tyler Cameron “You Deserve Better” or, as I like to call it: “Tyler Cameron Teaches You How to Date.” I’m not a fan of “The Bachelor” franchise. I’m aware of some of what happens in that universe because of regular news coverage, but beyond that? I’m not really in their target … Read more
Check out our Summer 2020 catalog and see our choices for the top books of the summer.
Our picks include autobiographies from Saturday Night Live Weekend Update co-anchor Colin Jost (“A Very Punchable Face”) and Pittsburgh Steelers running back James Conner (“Fear is a Choice”)…
The Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club pick for the month of March is “Daisy Jones & The Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Reid’s novel is also the number one book on the March 2019 Indie Next List. “Daisy Jones & The Six” is a mock-oral history that recounts the tale of a 1970s … Read more
The Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club selection for February is “The Proposal” by Jasmine Guillory, which was also a November 2018 Indie Next List selection. ”The Proposal” is a book about a woman who was ambushed by a Jumbotron proposal at a Dodgers game by her boyfriend of five months who can’t spell … Read more
Title: Dreyer’s English Author: Benjamin Dreyer, Random House Copy Chief Genre: Reference, Writing, Style Manual Publication Date: 1/29/2019 Formats: Print, eBook, and Audiobook Summary: This is an entertaining guide to writing better. Dreyer has found a way to make reading about grammar and style interesting. Rather than just state the rules or standards, Dreyer explains … Read more
Genre: Domestic Fiction Publication Date: 2/06/2018 Plot Summary: A newlywed couple’s life is derailed when the groom is falsely accused of sexual assault. The novel examines the effect incarceration has on the person who is detained and on the people who care about him. The narrative style is like an interview or a series of … Read more