Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
#OUABC
blurb
DebinHawaii
The Scarlet Alchemist | Kylie Lee Baker
post image

#ItTakesAllKinds

Some #Fantasy titles from my way out of control #TBR These are also some of my #OnceUponABookClub titles which means they also have wrapped gifts. Hoping the next #Roll100 picks one to push me through some #OUABC boxes!

Eggs Beautiful covers 💙🩷🩵 6d
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💜🖤💜 6d
48 likes2 comments
blurb
DebinHawaii
The Women: A Novel | Kristin Hannah
post image

#ItTakesAllKinds

The #OnceUponABookClub box for February that I received yesterday has this book about the Vietnam #War

I have avoided Kristin Hannah books & many war books because I have to be in the *right* mood for sad stories & that‘s been harder lately. But hey, the #OUABC box includes 4 mystery gifts to open while reading so I may have to dip in soon.😉

Eggs OUABC ! Sounds cool, opening the boxes! BTW this book was amazing , for me; I was in high school in 1968. We‘d watch reporters‘ filmed coverage of Vietnam combat on the evening news every night. It made people really see war up close and how senseless it all was❤️‍🩹😔💔 3w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️ 3w
53 likes1 stack add2 comments
blurb
suvata
The Absolutist | John Boyne
post image

Monthly Reading Report
Read in February 2024...
16 Books
One 5-Star reads this month:
• The Absolutist

#Goodreads #Bookstagram #OUABC #Litsy #Libby

review
suvata
The Fox Wife: A Novel | Yangsze Choo
post image
Pickpick

#OUABC 2024 Reading Challenge: 40 Prompts (8. A book with an animal‘s POV)

• 400 pages • first pub 2024 • fiction • literary • China • speculative fiction • adventurous • emotional • mysterious • 4 Stars

The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo is a good fit for those who enjoy immersive, culturally-rich stories that blend folklore, mystery, and historical fiction, with a focus on the intersection of mortal and spiritual realms.

KristiAhlers This is on my tbr list this month. Haven't gotten around to it yet. 1mo
46 likes1 stack add1 comment
review
suvata
The Taster | V.S. Alexander
post image
Pickpick

#OUABC Once Upon A Book Club Adult March 2018 selection

#TallahasseeSilentBookClub 11 Feb 2024

• 304 pages • first pub 2018 • fiction • historical • informative • tense • 4 Stars

Early 1943: Magda Ritter's parents send her to relatives in Bavaria, hoping to keep her safe from the Allied bombs strafing Berlin. Young German women are expected to do their duty-working for the Reich or marrying to produce strong, healthy children. ⬇️

suvata After an interview with the civil service, Magda is assigned to the Berghof, Hitler's mountain retreat. Only after weeks of training does she learn her assignment: she will be one of several young women tasting the Fuhrer's food, offering herself in sacrifice to keep him from being poisoned.

#TheTaster #VSAlexander #Bookstagram
1mo
kspenmoll I so enjoyed this book when I read it. Wonderful review. 1mo
suvata @kspenmoll I learned so much from reading this book. It made me understand that not all of Germany knew what was going on and that not everyone bought into Hitler‘s propaganda. 1mo
41 likes3 comments
blurb
suvata
post image

Monthly Reading Report
Read in January 2024...
15 Books
5-Star reads this month:
• The Storybook Life of Dorothy Gale
• The Kingdom of Sweets
• Essential Bukowski

#Goodreads #Bookstagram #OUABC #Litsy #Libby

suvata @rubyslippersreads yes, you do. This book is based on the Wizard of Oz story, and based on your user name, you would be remiss to skip it. 2mo
34 likes2 comments
review
Bookish_Gal
The Diamond of London | Andrea Penrose
post image
Mehso-so

Mixed review. I liked Lady Hester some of the time, because she was headstrong and cased her heart. Even as it wounded her. Multiple times. Through multiple men, which was kinda refreshing she didn‘t get stuck with one man. Then she turned around and fought to be who the men in her life saw in her. She tried so hard not to let adversity drag her down. That‘s what made the final bit so powerful. The last hurt more due to it. Was worthwhile.
#ouabc

blurb
Bookish_Gal
The Diamond of London | Andrea Penrose
post image

Honestly, I think this is the book club choice I‘ve found myself most intrigued by. The story of Lady Hester sounds incredible. Maybe just because it‘s historial fiction, if a woman who refuses to be tied down by society. She‘s from a family of adventurers, so why shouldn‘t she be one? I am really intrigued. These are my favorite characters; who refuse society‘s hold.
338 pages #ouabc

review
suvata
post image
Pickpick

#OUABC Once Upon A Book Club Adult July 2017 selection

• 251 pages • first pub 2017 • historical fiction • 1905 Boston • Immigration • 3.5 Stars

The Saturday Evening Girls Club by Jane Healey is a good fit for those seeking an emotionally resonant and empowering story about the pursuit of dreams, self-discovery, and the unbreakable bonds of female friendship, set against the rich historical backdrop of early 20th-century Boston.

review
suvata
A Strange Companion | Lisa Manterfield
post image
Mehso-so

#OUABC Once Upon A Book Club Adult June 2017 selection

• 270 pages • first pub 2017 • contemporary fiction • reincarnation • YA • Wales

A young woman, still mourning the loss of her first love, believes he has been reincarnated into the body of her adopted niece. Now she is determined to find out why he has come back to her. ⬇️

suvata Taking on the topics of love, loss, and how we deal with grief, this is a twisted love triangle among the living, the dead, and the reincarnated.

#AStrangeCompanion #LisaManterfield #Bookstagram
2mo
43 likes1 comment