This is a lovely debut novel which is set in Atlantic City in the summer of 1934. The book is a tribute to the author’s Jewish family, and is a combination of fact and fiction. The book introduces the Adler family who rent out their...
Category: Fiction
The House on Fripp Island by Rebecca Kauffman
posted by: thathappyreader
July 1, 2020
I often measure the quality of a good book by my willingness to put it down. This book is one I just wanted to keeping reading and reading! The story is set on Fripp Island, South Carolina when two childhood friends, Lisa and Poppy,...
Just Saying by Sophie Ranald
posted by: thathappyreader
June 24, 2020
Just Saying is my second book written by Sophie Ranald, having read “It’s Not You It’s Him” last year. Based on the synopsis, I was mistaken to assume this book would be an ultra-fluffy rom-com. This book is so much more. Alice and Joe have...
Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory
posted by: thathappyreader
June 23, 2020
Party of Two is the fifth book in the author’s The Wedding Date series. While I have enjoyed each of these books, I think that this book is my favourite in the series. Olivia Monroe returns to California to establish her own law firm in...
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
posted by: thathappyreader
June 17, 2020
In the Vanishing Half, twin girls are born in a small southern black community where fair skin is admired, and dark skin is shunned. The girls, Desiree and Stella, are as close as twins can be. That is, until they leave home at the age...