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The Book Nest
27.04.2024
genre: historical fiction Count Alexander Rostov knows that when the alternative to house arrest is death, it's the best, most gentlemanly t...
25.04.2024
genre: historical fiction Evelyn Hugo is one of those rare women who make it all the way to the top. You know the ones, the ladies that the...
13.04.2024
genre: contemporary fiction I am not typically a short story person. It takes me a while, in general, to be invested in a book so I typica...
12.04.2024
genre: magical realism romance Vanessa has a gift. Just from looking at the dregs of your teacup she can tell you something that will happen...
09.04.2024
genre: children's science fiction Our precious Wild Robot Roz has been taken from her island home. She has been sent to work on a farm, fo...
04.04.2024
genre: historical fiction San Francisco is teeming with life in 1906. From Nob Hill to Chinatown, science and art, fashion and music - it c...
03.04.2024
genre: non-fiction Unshrinking is the perfect title for this book - and I love the implications of this word. Not only is it an acknowledgm...
25.03.2024
genre: historical fiction Raised by her grandmother and great-aunt, Gigi knows she should be respectable. There are so many rules when one ...
22.03.2024
genre: speculative fiction When the little brown boxes arrive one morning, no one in the world knows what they mean - only that every singl...
15.03.2024
genre: contemporary mystery When Lana Farrar decides she needs to escape the London dreariness, she brings her friends with her for a weeke...
08.03.2024
genre: fictionalized memoir In colonized Vietnam, a fifteen year old girl from a French family (whom we never know by name) finds her life ...
05.03.2024
genre: poetry I still have goose-bumps, right now, from listening to the author read his collection of poetry. It has been a LONG time since...
04.03.2024
genre: contemporary fiction When Lily meets Ryle, she’s not in a good place. Her dreams are on hold, her childhood was full of pain and he...
29.02.2024
genre: historical fiction The neighborhood of Chicken Hill might not be fancy. It might be filled with those who exist on the edge of soci...
genre: speculative fiction The hole in Alma’s heart will not close. After loosing her most important person, to stay out in a crowded socie...
20.02.2024
genre: dystopian speculative fiction I feel silly writing a little summary of this book because I feel like I am the last adult American to ...
14.02.2024
genre: true crime The sheriff's office in Ohio's Amish country recorded back in 1977 that Ida Stutzman, wife and mom, died of injuries relat...
genre: middle grade Cece's life is dominated by the reality of the creatures (criatura) that live in the desert on the outskirts of her hom...
10.02.2024
genre: historical fiction I read the book A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 the year I got marrie...
09.02.2024
genre: contemporary fiction Paula's tried to launch from the nest. Whatever attempts she's made thus far have failed, so when she chooses ...
04.02.2024
genre: speculative/climate fiction Smog has created an earth devoid of fresh food. The lack of sunlight and clear air has rendered the huma...
genre: graphic novel This book came to my attention because my two fifth grade sons are reading it as a part of Battle of the Books for the...
01.02.2024
genre: nonfiction memoir The movies of Hayley Mills are such a distinct and tangible part of my childhood. There is no way to count how ma...
genre: historical fiction Jacob Jankowski's life in a nursing home is just meals and sleeping and remembering. And remember he does. The p...
27.01.2024
genre: historical fiction When a postcard arrives at the Berest family home, Anne and her family don't know what to make of it: on one side...
24.01.2024
genre: historical/contemporary family fiction As identical twins, Stella and Desiree look exactly alike. In their tiny southern community,...
21.01.2024
genre: children's literature Roz has no idea how she arrived on the island. One day she was turned on and the island surrounded her. Well...
20.01.2024
genre: middle grade Pacy Lin is NOT looking forward to spending her summer in Taiwan along with her two sisters. Although she does want to...
17.01.2024
genre: non-fiction As far as Adam Grant is concerned, having knowledge isn't quite as important as a willingness to question that knowledge...
13.01.2024
genre: fiction The nothing that happens in Coalfield, Tennessee is the oppressive kind, the kind that makes 16 year old Frankie feel like s...
12.01.2024
genre: contemporary fiction/mystery For many lifetimes, the Scottish highlands have been empty of wolves. They were actively hunted to the ...
09.01.2024
genre: middle grade fiction ZJ loves his dad more than anybody does - and when your dad has been a pro-football player, a LOT of people lov...
08.01.2024
genre: non-fiction I've been working my through Duolingo's French program for more than two years so when I heard of this book, I thought I ...
07.01.2024
genre: historical fiction When Odile manages to get a job at the American Library in Paris, it's a dream come true. To be surrounded by bo...
05.01.2024
genre: children's fiction The curmudgeonly Armand is happy with his simple life. He rambles the streets of Paris during the day, gathering...
02.01.2024
genre: memoir, self-help From the moment I started Glennon's book, I felt like she did have something to teach me. I liked her self-deprec...
31.12.2023
genre: memoir In 1963, Annie is a college student when she finds out she's pregnant. This short and deeply poignant book is about her choic...
22.12.2023
genre: historical fiction/biography Like nearly everyone else, I have a pretty good idea of who Vincent Van Gogh was, maybe I knew a little...
11.12.2023
genre: essays, nonfiction In this series of essays, Hemingway takes us to the Paris of his early years, years of poverty and writing for scr...
genre: memoir Jill Duggar’s life as part of a reality tv “filming family” influenced her growing up nearly as much as the strict religion sh...