Book Review Spitfires by Becky AikmanHistory | Non-Fiction | WWII ★★★★★ Spitfires by Becky Aikman dives into a group of twenty-five aviators who were denied the right to fly for the US during WWII, and headed to England to join the ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary), becoming the first US women to command military aircraft. This was […]
Book Review The Mother Next Door by Andrea Dunlop and Mike WeberNonfiction | True Crime | Memoir No bond is more sacred than that between a mother and child. And no one is more sympathetic than a mother whose child faces a life-threatening illness. But what if the mother is the cause of the illness?
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Book Review How to Share an Egg: A True Story of Hunger, Love, and Plenty by Bonny ReichertMemoir | Culinary Do you ever try new books solely based on recommendations from other authors? How to Share an Egg first caught my eye thanks to the endorsement by Ruth Reichl (another culinary author I can’t get
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Book Review Dinosaurs Lift the Flap by Taffy TalesChildren’s Board Book | Flap Book For the past four years, we’ve had a bit of a dinosaur invasion happening at our house. With a four-year-old who is absolutely obsessed with dinos, the kids’ room is packed with Jurassic toys and reads. So when I saw this
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Book Review A Hunger to Kill by Kim Mager with Lisa PulitzerTrue Crime | Non-Fiction Reader’s Thoughts: A Hunger to Kill is the true-life account of Kim Mager, a Detective tasked with interviewing a man accused of kidnapping a local woman. Through Kim’s skillful interviewing, it quickly became apparent that the police were dealing with
Book Review Women in the Valley of the Kings by Kathleen SheppardHistory | Non-Fiction Reader’s Thoughts: The history of Egyptology has historically focused on the men who competed in uncovering artifacts for their homelands. But during the Golden Age of Exploration, there were also women working, exploring, and traveling through Egypt — long before Howard
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Book Review The Situation Room by George StephanopoulosNon-Fiction | History | Politics Reader’s Thoughts: “No room better defines American power and its role in the world than the White House Situation Room. And yet, none is more shrouded in secrecy and mystery…” (The Situation Room, book jacket.) The Situation Room isn’t something I can say
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Book Review Being Henry by Henry WinklerMemoir The first thing that jumped out at me while reading the blurb for this memoir was that Henry Winkler is “… widely-regarded as the nicest man in Hollywood.” And throughout the entirety of this 240-page memoir, I kept thinking, “I can completely see why he’s earned that reputation.”
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15 Books Releasing May 2023 Can you believe it’s already May? I don’t know about you, but over here at The 52 Book Club, we are so ready for warmer summer weather! And to help satisfy those summer read cravings, we’ve got titles like Meet Me at the Lake and Summer Reading hitting stores this
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17 Books Releasing April 2023 It’s the first pub day of April and there are some big-name authors with new releases this month! These all sound amazing and we can’t wait to check them out. As always, each of these books will fit your 52 Book Club 2023 challenge! Which ones are you most excited
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