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Lena's estranged twin sister Cambry jumped off of Hairpin Bridge, also dubbed "Suicide Bridge" in a remote part of Montana three months ago. The only suicide note she left behind was a vague text to Lena, in which she mentioned an Officer Raycevic. Unsurprisingly, Lena suspects murder and decides to go to Montana to investigate for herself, even if it costs her her life. She brings her old school audio recorder and plans to publish everything she finds on her blog. But what truth will she find?
Hairpin Bridge is a fast-paced thriller that goes between the present (Lena investigating in Montana), the past (Cambry's story leading up to her jump), and blog posts that Lena wrote leading up to her investigation. While it was a dark story, I loved all of the twists and turns that continued to pop up throughout the whole book.
Hairpin Bridge is a fast-paced thriller that goes between the present (Lena investigating in Montana), the past (Cambry's story leading up to her jump), and blog posts that Lena wrote leading up to her investigation. While it was a dark story, I loved all of the twists and turns that continued to pop up throughout the whole book.
In 1929, amidst the beginning of the Indian independence movement, Mehar is a 15-year-old bride in rural Punjab. She is one of three girls married to three brothers in a single ceremony, and with their veils and averted eye contact, the girls aren’t sure which of the brothers they’re married to. They work hard during the day in the family’s “china room” and only come into contact with the men when they are summoned in a separate dark room at night in an attempt to create male heirs. Mehar can’t help but want to know who she’s married to, and after studying their voices and hands behind her veil, she believes she knows who her husband is. But how can she be sure?
In 1999, a nameless young man arrives at his uncle’s house in Punjab to try to shake his drug addiction. As an Indian growing up in England, he has experienced racism, but is also estranged from Indian culture. He decides to move into the family’s abandoned farm, which has a mysterious locked china room, to better himself and reconnect with his culture.
China Room is inspired by Sunjeev Sahota’s personal family history, and is an unputdownable story. While I was more invested in the 1929 timeline, I loved the contrast between the two timelines, learning about Indian culture and listening to the narratives about women’s place in society and the Indian diaspora. I finished this book last week and am still thinking about it! Highly recommend picking this up - and it’s a BOTM add on if you subscribe!
Many thanks to Viking Books for this incredible advanced copy!
In 1999, a nameless young man arrives at his uncle’s house in Punjab to try to shake his drug addiction. As an Indian growing up in England, he has experienced racism, but is also estranged from Indian culture. He decides to move into the family’s abandoned farm, which has a mysterious locked china room, to better himself and reconnect with his culture.
China Room is inspired by Sunjeev Sahota’s personal family history, and is an unputdownable story. While I was more invested in the 1929 timeline, I loved the contrast between the two timelines, learning about Indian culture and listening to the narratives about women’s place in society and the Indian diaspora. I finished this book last week and am still thinking about it! Highly recommend picking this up - and it’s a BOTM add on if you subscribe!
Many thanks to Viking Books for this incredible advanced copy!
Absolutely love this book!!! We are all about the interactive books in our house and we loved that this includes so many fun elements. What a perfect book to read before bedtime to promote togetherness and love!
“I had to go half the world away to find you, but I know that life with you is home.”
Abbie is ready for a fresh start in Salt Lake City, Utah. Back home in London, she’s been dealing with sleazy soccer players at work and hearing more announcements about her ex-husband’s perfect life with his new wife. She’s over it, and needs to move on. Waiting for her in Utah is a fresh start: new friends, new career, new hobby blog, and a smokin’ ex-soccer player.
This was an adorable debut novel from Rebecca Banks that I devoured in one sitting. While some of the writing was choppy, the storyline was great. I had to find out the secrets from the past and see if Abbie and Kyle would end up together. I definitely recommend this for a quick, light summer read. There are some spoiler trigger warnings for this book, but I’ll say it surrounds pregnancy and you can look it up if needed.
Abbie is ready for a fresh start in Salt Lake City, Utah. Back home in London, she’s been dealing with sleazy soccer players at work and hearing more announcements about her ex-husband’s perfect life with his new wife. She’s over it, and needs to move on. Waiting for her in Utah is a fresh start: new friends, new career, new hobby blog, and a smokin’ ex-soccer player.
This was an adorable debut novel from Rebecca Banks that I devoured in one sitting. While some of the writing was choppy, the storyline was great. I had to find out the secrets from the past and see if Abbie and Kyle would end up together. I definitely recommend this for a quick, light summer read. There are some spoiler trigger warnings for this book, but I’ll say it surrounds pregnancy and you can look it up if needed.
After Julies’s mother, Eve, passes away of cancer, Julie finds a linen-bound journal in the back of her mother’s closet in New York City. The journal is filled with keepsakes and letters from her childhood, and sends Julie on a journey to learn more about her mother’s childhood in Nazi-occupied Vienna and as a refugee and immigrant to the United States. This story weaves Julie’s personal memoir with the discoveries of her family history.
I love the photos included in the middle of the book to add to the visual history of this memoir as Julie takes the reader back and forth between wartime Europe and past and present-day America. If you are a history buff or a nonfiction reader who likes WWII, this book is for you.
Thank you to Suzy Approved Book Tours, Julie Metz, and Atria Books for the copy of this book!
I love the photos included in the middle of the book to add to the visual history of this memoir as Julie takes the reader back and forth between wartime Europe and past and present-day America. If you are a history buff or a nonfiction reader who likes WWII, this book is for you.
Thank you to Suzy Approved Book Tours, Julie Metz, and Atria Books for the copy of this book!
“Love isn’t easy, nowhere even close. But it’s worth the work.”
Emma Harris wakes up from a coma to find that in the last year, she’s not only lost her job, but her (ex-)fiancé and (ex-)BFF are now an item. Ouch. Emma is also recovering physically from being hit by a car, so it’s a good thing her physical therapist is
Emma Harris wakes up from a coma to find that in the last year, she’s not only lost her job, but her (ex-)fiancé and (ex-)BFF are now an item. Ouch. Emma is also recovering physically from being hit by a car, so it’s a good thing her physical therapist is