He Said Books Or Me: February 2022

Sunday, February 27, 2022

Book Date: Kristy and the Snobs

Happy Book Date Monday!

Feb was graphicsathon month and I picked up this one to read.

Happy Reading!

Thursday, February 24, 2022

Happy First Line Friday:

"Paige had stopped listening two minutes ago, choosing to focus on the bowl of green curry in front of her."

Happy Reading!

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Waiting on Wednesday: Mad Honey

Hi All,

Just stopping by to let you know about a book I am waiting on.

Author: Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

Summary from Goodreads:
A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past, and what we choose to leave behind, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here and the bestselling author of She's Not There.

Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising a beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in, and taking over her father's beekeeping business.

Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start.

And for just a short while, these new beginnings are exactly what Olivia and Lily need. Their paths cross when Asher falls for the new girl in school, and Lily can’t help but fall for him, too. With Ash, she feels happy for the first time. Yet at times, she wonders if she can she trust him completely . . .

Then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is adamant that her son is innocent. But she would be lying if she didn’t acknowledge the flashes of his father’s temper in him, and as the case against him unfolds, she realizes he’s hidden more than he’s shared with her.

Mad Honey is a riveting novel of suspense, an unforgettable love story, and a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves.

Happy Reading!

Sunday, February 20, 2022

Book Date: The Last Chance Library

Happy Book Date Monday!

Here is the book that I am currently reading.

Happy Reading!

Friday, February 18, 2022

Graphicsathon Bingo

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Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Waiting on Wednesday: Out Little World

Hi Everyone,

Stopping by with a Waiting on Wednesday book! I was fortunate to get early access to this one.

Author: Karen Winn

Summary:

ABOUT OUR LITTLE WORLD

“I was intrigued by Our Little World from the chilling first paragraph. It’s a coming-of-age novel complicated by a tragic and untimely death, and it’s also a novel about two sisters you will never forget. I fell in love with the confidence of the writing and the colorful nostalgia of the mid-’80s details. Our Little World will transport and transfix you.”—Elin Hilderbrand

July 1985. It’s a normal, sweltering New Jersey summer for soon-to-be seventh grader Bee Kocsis. Her thoughts center only on sunny days spent at Deer Chase Lake, on evenings chasing fireflies around her cul-de-sac with the neighborhood kids, and on Max, the boy who just moved in across the street. There’s also the burgeoning worry that she’ll never be as special as her younger sister, Audrina, who seems to effortlessly dazzle wherever she goes.

But when Max’s little sister, Sally, goes missing at the lake, Bee’s long-held illusion of stability is shattered in an instant. As the families in her close-knit community turn inward, suspicious and protective, things in Bee’s own home become increasingly strained, most of all with Audrina, when a shameful secret surfaces. With everything changed, Bee and Audrina’s already-fraught sisterhood is pushed to the limit as they grow up—and apart—in the wake of an innocence lost too soon.

Perfect for readers of Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You, Our Little World is a powerful and lyrical coming-of-age story that examines the complicated bond of sisterhood, the corrosive power of envy, and how the traumas of our youths can shape our identities for a lifetime.

Happy Reading!

Sunday, February 13, 2022

Bookish Valentine

Happy Reading!

Friday, February 11, 2022

Feb Bookish Bingo

As you get ready to head into the weekend...why not curl up with a good book?

Happy Reading!

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Waiting on Wednesday: Neruda on the Park

Hi All,

It's another Waiting on Wednesday...and I am excited to have been given early access to this one. You should definitely add it to your list!

Author: Cleyvis Natera

Summary:

An exhilarating debut novel following members of a Dominican family in New York City who take radically different paths when faced with encroaching gentrification

“The rare book that manages to be chilling, fun, and profound all at once.”—Naima Coster, New York Times bestselling author of What’s Mine and Yours

ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022—The Rumpus, Electric Lit, The Millions, Lit Hub

The Guerreros have lived in Nothar Park, a predominantly Dominican part of New York City, for twenty years. When demolition begins on a neighboring tenement, Eusebia, an elder of the community, takes matters into her own hands by devising an increasingly dangerous series of schemes to stop construction of the luxury condos. Meanwhile, Eusebia’s daughter, Luz, a rising associate at a top Manhattan law firm who strives to live the bougie lifestyle her parents worked hard to give her, becomes distracted by a sweltering romance with the handsome white developer at the company her mother so vehemently opposes.

As Luz’s father, Vladimir, secretly designs their retirement home in the Dominican Republic, mother and daughter collide, ramping up tensions in Nothar Park, racing toward a near-fatal climax.

A beautifully layered portrait of family, friendship, and ambition, Neruda on the Park weaves a rich and vivid tapestry of community as well as the sacrifices we make to protect what we love most, announcing Cleyvis Natera as an electrifying new voice.