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Adult Fiction, Romance

A Paris Apartment by Michelle Gable

Michelle

Ages 18+

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April Vogt is a continental furniture specialist who works for Southeby’s. When her boss tells her about an apartment that has been abandoned for the last 70 years in Paris, she immediately signs on to take the job. She can’t wait to get there!

Once she does, she finds a goldmine of furniture and artifacts that belonged to the late owner of the apartment. The most interesting piece, by far, is a painting done by the famous artist, Giovanni Boldini. And not only does April discover the painting, she discovers the journals of the woman in the painting herself, Marthe de Florian, who lived in the late 1800s.

April’s mission now isn’t so much about the furniture that will make Southeby’s millions at auction, however it’s to discover Marthe’s story. Read this book for a bit of romance, and lots of Parisian charm.

Romance, YA Fiction

Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

Michelle

Grades 9-12

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Lina’s mother’s dying wish is for her daughter to spend the summer in Tuscany so that she can get to know her father. The man that’s been absent from her life for 16 years. Even though it’s Italy, it’s the last place Lina wants to be right now. She doesn’t know anyone, doesn’t care to meet her father, and least of all, doesn’t care to live in the house in the cemetery that her father runs.

Then Lina receives her mother’s journal, where she reads all about her time in Italy as a photography student. It’s also where she became pregnant with Lina. The journal reveals a lot of things about Lina’s mother’s life, but it also leaves a huge question unanswered. Will Lina be able to find the answer while navigating her own love life?

Romance, YA Fiction

Slammed by Colleen Hoover

Michelle

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Layken Cohen’s father has just died and she, her mother and little brother move to Michigan from Texas. She quickly falls for her neighbor, Will, who also lives with his little brother. Will and Layken start hanging out, and he introduces her to a local club that hosts a poetry slam once a week, where he loves to perform. Read this book to experience all the feels!

Memoirs

The Pregnancy Project by Gaby Rodriguez

Michelle

Grades 9-12

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Gaby Rodriguez comes from a large Latino family. Her mother and her sisters all got pregnant as teens, and she has 31 nieces and nephews in total. People in Gaby’s life expected her to follow “the family tradition,” and become pregnant too.

Each graduating student has to do a senior project, and, during her sophomore year, Gaby already knows what hers will be: faking a pregnancy. She wants to do an experiment to see how people will treat her when they find out she’s pregnant—her family, her teachers, her peers. First she has to get it approved by the principal and members of the school board. Will she be able to pull it off? Read this intriguing memoir and find out!

Adult Fiction, Netgalley Reviews, Romance

First Comes Love by Emily Giffin

Michelle

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Josie and Meredith Garland are a pair of sisters who were close growing up, and now, fifteen years later, have taken different paths. Josie is a first grade teacher who is single and is about to swear off dating for good. What she really wants is to be a mother, and her plan is to find a sperm donor. Meredith is a successful lawyer who’s married with a beautiful four-year-old daughter. The two sisters must face the issues that divide them, as well as the choices they have made.

Thanks to Netgalley.com for a review copy of this book.

Mystery, Netgalley Reviews, YA Fiction

The Girl I Used To Be by April Henry

Michelle

Grades 9-12
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Olivia Reinhardt is in her teens, but has been emancipated. Fourteen years ago, she was Ariel Benson, a three year old girl whose father killed her mother and then dropped her off at the nearest Walmart and disappeared from her life forever. Now, as Olivia Reinhardt, she learns the bitter truth about what really happened when the police show up at her door unexpectedly. They tell her that her father was actually murdered by the same person as her mother, and that person was most likely the one who dropped her off at Walmart that fateful day. Upon learning this, Olivia heads to Medford, where the heinous crimes were committed, in order to find out who the killer really is. She keeps her new name, so that everyone who knew her parents won’t figure out who she is. Will she find the man (or woman) she came to find? And if she does, what will she do if she comes face to face with her parents’ killer?

Thanks to Netgalley.com for a review copy of this book.

Middle Grade Fiction, Netgalley Reviews

Write This Down by Claudia Mills

Michelle

Grades 6-8

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Twelve-year-old Autumn loves to write. So much so, that it is her dream to be published, and she doesn’t want to wait even a few years! She has a moleskine notebook that she writes everything in – poems, stories, journal entries, and whatever else is on her mind. She especially loves to write about (and to) her crush, Cameron, a boy in her journalism class. Autumn’s older brother Hunter is friends with Cameron’s older brother, and Hunter finds Autumn’s notebook and shares it with him. Autumn is mortified. How will she ever face Cameron again? Then she gets an assignment to write a “personal essay” for her journalism class. She decides to write it about her rocky relationship with Hunter. Then, to get back at him, she decides she wants to publish it, too. She enters it into a contest. If she wins, she has the chance for it to be published. But is she willing to risk spilling all of her family’s secrets to be published?

Thanks to Netgalley.com for a review copy of this book.

Adult Fiction, Netgalley Reviews

Some Women by Emily Liebert

Michelle

Ages 18+

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On the surface, this novel is about three women who seemingly have nothing in common: Annabel, whose husband left her after he cheated, Piper, who is a single mother to a young daughter, and Mackenzie, who is married to a rich heir of a media conglomerate. However, each of the three women’s lives are meshed together as they form unlikely friendships and lean on each other in order to get through what life has thrown at them.

Thanks to Netgalley.com for a review copy of this book.

Romance, YA Fiction

You Are Here by Jennifer E. Smith

Michelle

Grades 9-12

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Emma Healy absolutely knew there was something in her life was missing. She finds out what that something, or rather, someone is when she finds a birth certificate with the name of her twin brother, and a death certificate for him two days later. Suddenly she realized why she’s felt so empty all her life. She and her neighbor Peter embark on a trip to find her brother’s grave, and when they do, learn more about each other and become closer than ever before.