Bahbye February. I'm not going to lie, I'm kind of glad your over.
I have a big list of books to read this month. I wonder if I can finish?
After two teenage sisters, Mira and Francesca, drown themselves in a
neighborhood quarry, their next-door neighbor Ben receives post-mortem
letters from Mira. This letter challenges Ben to track down the hidden,
cryptic notes hidden in seven places alluding to where the two secretly
touched. As Ben uncovers each note, he starts to unravel the hidden lies
and secrets that these girls kept, and just how complicated their bonds
with the outside world were.
Charlie isn’t looking forward to sixth grade. If he starts sixth grade,
chances are he’ll finish it. And when he does, he’ll grow older than the
brother he recently lost. Armstrong isn’t looking forward to sixth
grade, either. When his parents sign him up for Opportunity Busing to a
white school in the Hollywood Hills, all he wants to know is "What time
in the morning will my alarm clock have the
opportunity to
ring?" When these two land at the same desk, it's the Rules Boy next to
the Rebel, a boy who lost a brother elbow-to-elbow with a boy who longs
for one.
From September to June, arms will wrestle, fists will fly,
and bottles will spin. There'll be Ho Hos spiked with hot sauce,
sleepovers, boy talk about girls, and a little guidance from the
stars.
Set in Los Angeles in the 1970s, Armstrong and Charlie is
the hilarious, heartwarming tale of two boys from opposite worlds,
Different, yet the same.
Back in college, Marco
Winslow never thought of Belle as anything more than a friend. If she
crossed his mind on his wedding day, it was probably only to wonder why
she hadn’t shown up to be a bridesmaid. After all, his new wife had been
her roommate.
Six years have passed since then, and Belle just
found out that Marco is divorced and vacationing with his parents in a
Cancun resort. She’s not about to let the right man get away twice. She
heads to the resort where she plans to casually bump into Marco and
ignite some flames.
But Belle hadn’t planned on one thing: Flynn
Winslow, Marco’s handsome, charming, and determined older brother. Flynn
thinks Marco and his ex-wife can make amends and he’s not about to let
Belle stand in the way.
Part Sabrina, part While You Were Sleeping, romantic comedy readers will eat this book up!
Intriguing and inspirational, this book is a call to look outward rather than inward. McCann asks his readers to constantly push the boundaries of experience, to see empathy and wonder in the stories we craft and hear. Letters to a Young Writer is fierce and honest in its testament to the bruises delivered by writing as both a profession and a calling. It charges aspiring writers to learn the rules and even break them.
Dive into these 52 essays.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Flight Patterns comes a stunning new novel about a young single mother who discovers that the nature of friendship is never what it seems....
Recently divorced, Merilee Talbot Dunlap moves with her two children to
the Atlanta suburb of Sweet Apple, Georgia. It’s not her first time
starting over, but her efforts at a new beginning aren’t helped by an
anonymous local blog that dishes about the scandalous events that caused
her marriage to fail.
Merilee finds some measure of peace in
the cottage she is renting from town matriarch Sugar Prescott. Though
stubborn and irascible, Sugar sees something of herself in
Merilee—something that allows her to open up about her own colorful
past.
Sugar’s stories give Merilee a different perspective on
the town and its wealthy school moms in their tennis whites and shiny
SUVs, and even on her new friendship with Heather Blackford. Merilee is
charmed by the glamorous young mother’s seemingly perfect life and finds
herself drawn into Heather's world.
In a town like Sweet
Apple, where sins and secrets are as likely to be found behind the walls
of gated mansions as in the dark woods surrounding Merilee’s house,
appearance is everything. But just how dangerous that deception can be
will shock all three women....
From USA Today bestselling author Heather B. Moore:
FALLING FOR MARIA
At
twenty-six, Maria is holding out for the perfect man to share the rest
of her life with. Josh seems to be that man, but after months of dating,
their relationship is at a stand-still. Maria plans to nudge Josh
forward, but when the company she works for is bought out, her new boss
Walker seems determined to change Maria’s idea of the perfect man.
“Friendships, family, grief, joy, rage, faith, doubt, poetry, and
love—this complex and sensitive book has room for every aspect of
growing up!”—Margarita Engle, Newbery Honor–Winning author of
The Surrender Tree
Sal used to know his place with his adoptive gay father, their
loving Mexican American family, and his best friend, Samantha. But it’s
senior year, and suddenly Sal is throwing punches, questioning
everything, and realizing he no longer knows himself. If Sal’s not who
he thought he was, who is he? This humor-infused, warmly humane
look at universal questions of belonging is a triumph.
Union Pacific Station
Agent Chadwick Hughes has everything in a state of readiness to welcome
his mail order bride…everything but the bride. The woman he’s
corresponded with for a year didn’t change her mind or miss her train in
Omaha—she never existed. Chadwick’s mortified to discover he’s been
swindled by a fraudulent matrimonial agency in Chicago. He needs a
lawyer if he’ll ever recover a dime of the fortune he spent on worthless
membership fees and the nonexistent bride’s transportation west.
Sophia
Sorensen, Attorney at Law, is a spinster on the edge of propriety. The
good people of Wyoming Territory are open to a lot of things, including
Lady’s Privilege during Leap Years, but some aren’t fond of her
day-to-day behavior. Why, the woman rides her bicycle hither and yon,
showing her petticoat ruffle and ankles. She might be the least ladylike
specimen beneath Wyoming skies, but it’s entertaining to watch her
court the U.P. Station Agent, Chadwick Hughes, the most-eligible
bachelor in the county.
In a compelling, richly
researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original
sources, bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the
fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson’s eldest daughter, Martha
“Patsy” Jefferson Randolph—a woman who kept the secrets of our most
enigmatic founding father and shaped an American legacy.
From her
earliest days, Patsy Jefferson knows that though her father loves his
family dearly, his devotion to his country runs deeper still. As Thomas
Jefferson’s oldest daughter, she becomes his helpmate, protector, and
constant companion in the wake of her mother’s death, traveling with him
when he becomes American minister to France.
It is in Paris, at
the glittering court and among the first tumultuous days of revolution,
that fifteen-year-old Patsy learns about her father’s troubling liaison
with Sally Hemings, a slave girl her own age. Meanwhile, Patsy has
fallen in love—with her father’s protégé William Short, a staunch
abolitionist and ambitious diplomat. Torn between love, principles, and
the bonds of family, Patsy questions whether she can choose a life as
William’s wife and still be a devoted daughter.
Her choice will
follow her in the years to come, to Virginia farmland, Monticello, and
even the White House. And as scandal, tragedy, and poverty threaten her
family, Patsy must decide how much she will sacrifice to protect her
father's reputation, in the process defining not just his political
legacy, but that of the nation he founded.
