Monthly Reflections, where we take the time to reflect on the previous month.
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
I Can't Wait for... The Collector of Burned Books by Roseanna M. White (Can't-Wait Wednesday/Waiting on Wednesday)
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Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine.
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About the book:
In this gripping World War II historical about the power of words, two people form an unlikely friendship amid the Nazi occupation in Paris and fight to preserve the truth that enemies of freedom long to destroy.
Paris, 1940. Ever since the Nazi Party began burning books, German writers exiled for their opinions or heritage have been taking up residence in Paris. There they opened a library meant to celebrate the freedom of ideas and gathered every book on the banned list . . . and even incognito versions of the forbidden books that were smuggled back into Germany.
For the last six years, Corinne Bastien has been reading those books and making that library a second home. But when the German army takes possession of Paris, she loses access to the library and all the secrets she’d hidden there. Secrets the Allies will need if they have any hope of liberating the city she calls home.
Christian Bauer may be German, but he never wanted anything to do with the Nazi Party―he is a professor, one who’s done his best to protect his family as well as the books that were a threat to Nazi ideals. But when Goebbels sends him to Paris to handle the “relocation” of France’s libraries, he’s forced into an army uniform and given a rank he doesn’t want. In Paris, he tries to protect whoever and whatever he can from the madness of the Party and preserve the ideas that Germans will need again when that madness is over, and maybe find a lost piece of his heart.
- Stand-alone historical fiction from a bestselling, Christy Award-winning author
- A thought-provoking novel perfect for book clubs
- Includes discussion questions
Pages: 368
Publisher: Tyndale Fiction
Release Date: July 15, 2025
Monday, March 31, 2025
Review: Uneasy Street by Becky Wade
About the book:
Christy Award Hall of Fame Author
Once upon a time Max Cirillo and Sloane Madison were close friends and business partners. But when their business relationship imploded, so did the friendship.
Now, four years later, Max is a rich CEO. Sloane’s a not-so-rich etiquette expert who returns to Maine to serve as her niece’s temporary guardian and help the girl search for her birth father. Sloane and her niece move into a darling garage apartment but Sloane’s joy in their accommodations soon turns to horror when she realizes their apartment belongs to Max. Thanks to an unbreakable lease, she’s stuck living right next door to him.
Max pulled strings to bring Sloane into his orbit because he needs closure on what went wrong between them. Quickly, though, his scheming comes back to bite him. The world might view him as a cold-hearted rake, but this one woman has dangerous power over his emotions.
They’ll have no choice but to confront their history—and the undeniable spark between them—while living side by side on uneasy street.
Discover witty humor, rich emotion, banter, and charm within the pages of this sweet enemies-to-lovers romance!
My rating:
4 stars
4 stars
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This post may contain “affiliate links.” This means if you click on a link with my affiliate code and purchase an item(s), I will receive an affiliate commission. You won't be charged extra, I'll just receive a small percentage of the purchase price. See my disclosure page here.My thoughts:
Uneasy Street is the third book in Becky Wade's Sons of Scandal series and a wonderful read! I really enjoyed the romance and how they were former friends who had to work through their past hurt. It was interesting to learn what had happened to cause the fracture in their friendship.
The mystery of Ivy's search was great. It had some surprising twists and I loved how that storyline turned out...the ending was so sweet!
I loved how this book wrapped everything up so nicely. It was great to see how the main characters from the previous books were doing and get updates on their lives.
All in all, Uneasy Street was a great read and I think fans of romance novels will enjoy it. It was a very good romance. It was written so well and held my attention. So good!
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Saturday, February 22, 2025
Weekend Wrap-Up (February 22nd, 2025)
Weekend Wrap-up is where I share what I read this past week, am currently reading, and my reading plans for the coming week.
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