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Book Review: Behind Every Good Man by Sara Goodman ConfinoBook Review: Be Ready When The Luck Happens by Ina Garteb

Behind Every Good Man

Review: "Beverly is the typical Trad wife - she cares for herself, ensuring she always looks good, supports her husband, and raises their children. Then, she catches her husband cheating. So, she digs deep and charges forward, carving out a new life for herself and her children, brainstorming how to support herself (without a degree or experience), and get even with her husband for his betrayal - deciding on a bold move .... More


Book Summary: A wronged wife goes toe to toe with her cheating husband at the polls in this hilarious and heart-lifting novel by the bestselling author of Don't Forget to Write. It's a doozy of a bad day for Beverly Diamond when she catches her husband, Larry, in a compromising position More


Be Ready When The Luck Happens

Review: I've been a longtime fan of Ina Garten. Her recipes are always in my rotation, and her cookbooks are among my favorites. Watching her cooking shows was not only entertaining but also a mini masterclass. So, I eagerly awaited her memoir and wasn't disappointed. I loved it! ... More


Book Summmary: "Here, for the first time, Ina Garten presents an intimate, entertaining, and inspiring account of her remarkable journey. Ina's gift is to make everything look easy, yet all her accomplishments have been the result of hard work, audacious choices, and exquisite attention to detail..... More




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Book Club Pick- The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza
The Sicilian Inheritance
By Jo Piazza
Book Summary: Sara Marsala barely knows who she is anymore after the failure of her business and marriage. On top of that, her beloved great-aunt Rosie passes away, leaving Sara bereft with grief. But Aunt Rosie's death also opens an escape from her life and a window into the past by way of a plane ticket to Sicily, a deed to a possibly valuable plot of land, and a bombshell family secret. Rosie ...More



Review: "This is an engaging family saga and a story that highlights the strength of family bonds. It focuses on the characters and dives into complex family and cultural issues. It's a book about family and follows the story of Ruthie, a four-year-old Indigenous girl who goes missing one summer. I felt a lot of emotions watching her family deal with their grief... More


Praise: One of the NY Post's Best Beach Reads, an US Weekly pick for "mystery novels to read on the beach", a Woman's World "captivating beach read you won't be able to put down this summer" ("a riveting saga"), an Eater food-filled beach read for your summer vacation ("an appealing mix of romantic escapism, whodunit intrigue, and feminist introspection.")

"A Journey to the Boot of Italy, With Murder, Romance and Ricotta ... By Page 53, I put the book down, but not for long. I simply had to go online and search for flights to Italy... Here, Sicily shimmers off the page, utterly enticing - azure waters for swimming, hunky Italian chefs ... I enjoyed Piazza's twisty narrative and complicated characters, especially her contemporary women, who are strong and feisty - not so different from Updike's lost, lusty Rabbit. It was a joy to read about Piazza's heroines loving hard, eating well and blowing themselves kisses in the mirror." -The New York Times

"[T]he stories are inextricably bound, most effectively through the way Piazza writes about the universal experience of what it means to be a woman and a mother. Fans of historical fiction, women's fiction, and mystery novels will be equally dazzled." -Kirkus (starred review) More

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YA Fantasy

YA Spotlight Book-  Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven
Our Infinite Fates
By Laura Steven
Book Summary: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue meets This is How You Lose The Time War in this fantastical love story that defies death as two souls reincarnate through the centuries. They've loved each other in a thousand lifetimes. They've killed each other in every one. Evelyn can remember all her past lives. She can also remember that in every single one, she's been murdered before her eighteenth birthday by Arden, a supernatural being linked to her soul. More

NonFiction

Nonfiction Spotlight Book-  Ask Not by Maureen Callahan
Ask Not
By Maireen Callahan
Book Summary: Goodreads Choice AwardNominee for Readers' Favorite History & Biography (2024) From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven expose of the real Kennedy Curse-the family's generations-long legacy of misogyny, murder, and mayhem-and the women who have paid the price for our obsession with Camelot. The Kennedy name has long been synonymous with wealth, power, glamor, and-above all else-integrity. But ...More

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Book Club Pick-  Broken Coutry by Clare Leslie Hall

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Broken Country
By Clare Leslie Hall
Book Summary: The farmer is dead. He is dead, and all anyone wants to know is who killed him." Beth and her gentle, kind husband Frank are happily married, but their relationship relies on the past staying buried. But when Beth's brother-in-law shoots a dog going after their sheep, Beth doesn't realize that the gunshot will alter the course of their lives. For the dog belonged to none other than Gabriel Wolfe, ...More


Book Club Pick-  Count My Lies by Sophie Stava

GMA's Book Club Pick


Count My Lies
By Sophie Stava
Book Summary: A read-in-one-night suspense thriller narrated by a compulsive liar whose little white lies allow her to enter into the life and comfort of a wealthy married couple who are harboring much darker secrets themselves. For the millions of us still chasing those gone girls, this is perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Lucy Foley, and Laura Dave....More


Book Club Pick-  The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami

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The Dream Hotel
By Laila Lalami
Book Summary: Sara has just landed at LAX, returning home from a conference abroad, when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside and inform her that she will soon commit a crime. Using data from her dreams, the RAA's algorithm has determined that she is at imminent risk of harming the person she loves most: her husband....More


Book Club Pick-  The Tell by Amy Griffin

Oprah's Book Club Pick (#112)


The Tell
By Amy Griffin
Book Summary: The Tell is an earthshattering memoir about one woman's quest to uncover repressed childhood trauma, overcome perfectionism, and live a life of authentic joy. From the outside, Amy Griffin's life looked perfect. She was the powerhouse founder of the investment firm G9 Ventures, the mother of four beautiful children, wife to an adoring husband ...More


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Book Club Book-  A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
A Thousand Ships
By Natalie Haynes
Book Summary: This is the women's war, just as much as it is the men's. They have waited long enough for their turn . . .This was never the story of one woman, or two. It was the story of them all...in the middle of the night, a woman wakes to find More



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The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
The Wedding People
by Alison Espach
Book Summary: It's a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She's immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people...More



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House of Eve by Sadeq Johnson
The House of Eve
by Sadeqa Johnson
From the award-winning author of Yellow Wife, a daring and redemptive novel set in 1950s Philadelphia and Washington, DC, that explores what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how much one is willing to sacrifice to achieve her...More




Book Club Books: Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland
Florence Adler Swims Forever
by Rachel Beanland
Atlantic City, 1934. Every summer, Esther and Joseph Adler rent their house out to vacationers escaping to "America's Playground" and move into the small apartment above their bakery. Despite the cramped quarters, this is the apartment ...More





The Indigo Girl
by Natasha Boyd
The year is 1739. Eliza Lucas is sixteen years old when her father leaves her in charge of their family's three plantations in rural South Carolina and then proceeds to bleed the estates dry in pursuit of his military ambitions. Tensions ...More




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The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
The Dutch House
By Ann Patchett
At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House ...More

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