It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? hosted by Kathryn at Bookdate is a weekly post to share what you’ve recently finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and what you plan on reading this upcoming week.
So here is what I just read, am reading, and what I plan to read next:
What I Read Last Week:
Title: Something to Tell You
Authors: Lucy Diamond
Immediate Thoughts: Touching, heartwarming, and hopeful!
Rating: 8.5/10
Publication Date: July 16, 2019
Title: Say You Still Love Me
Authors: K.A. Tucker
Immediate Thoughts: Sincere, intoxicating, and heartwrenching!
Rating: 10/10
Publication Date: July 11, 2019
Title: Her Deadly Secrets
Author: Laura Griffin
Immediate Thoughts: Ominous, highly suspenseful, and romantic!
Rating: 8.5/10
Publication Date: July 2, 2019
Title: Every Little Piece of Me
Author: Amy Jones
Immediate Thoughts: Pensive, sharp, and tragic!
Rating: 8/10
Publication Date: June 4, 2019
What I’m Currently Reading:
From the New York Times bestselling author of Good Luck with That comes a new novel about a blue-blood grandmother and her black-sheep granddaughter who discover they are truly two sides of the same coin.
Emma London never thought she had anything in common with her grandmother Genevieve London. The regal old woman came from wealthy and bluest-blood New England stock, but that didn’t protect her from life’s cruelest blows: the disappearance of Genevieve’s young son, followed by the premature death of her husband. But Genevieve rose from those ashes of grief and built a fashion empire that was respected the world over, even when it meant neglecting her other son.
When Emma’s own mother died, her father abandoned her on his mother’s doorstep. Genevieve took Emma in and reluctantly raised her–until Emma got pregnant her senior year of high school. Genevieve kicked her out with nothing but the clothes on her back…but Emma took with her the most important London possession: the strength not just to survive but to thrive. And indeed, Emma has built a wonderful life for herself and her teenage daughter, Riley.
So what is Emma to do when Genevieve does the one thing Emma never expected of her and, after not speaking to her for nearly two decades, calls and asks for help?
What I’m Reading Next:
The Doll Factory, the debut novel by Elizabeth Macneal, is an intoxicating story of art, obsession and possession.
London. 1850. The Great Exhibition is being erected in Hyde Park and among the crowd watching the spectacle two people meet. For Iris, an aspiring artist, it is the encounter of a moment – forgotten seconds later, but for Silas, a collector entranced by the strange and beautiful, that meeting marks a new beginning.
When Iris is asked to model for pre-Raphaelite artist Louis Frost, she agrees on the condition that he will also teach her to paint. Suddenly her world begins to expand, to become a place of art and love.
But Silas has only thought of one thing since their meeting, and his obsession is darkening . . .
Current Stats:
# of Books Still on my Goodreads TBR List: 442 (😊)
# of Books Read in the #20BooksofSummer Challenge: 6/20
😬 (14 More to Go!) 😬
I am reading Amy Tan’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter and loving it. She is such a great storyteller.
Great book. I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Xx