I had heard about the movie Dumpin’ when it first came out.  It was never really on my radar so I kind of pushed it from my memory.  Go forward a little bit and I found the book the movie is based on at a Goodwill store that I was …

Title: The UnhoneymoonersAuthor: Christina LaurenPublication: May 14, 2019Publisher: Gallery BooksGenre: Comedic Literature, RomancePages: 434 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Olive is always unlucky: in her career, in love, in…well, everything. Her identical twin sister Ami, on the other hand, is probably the luckiest person in the world. Her meet-cute with her fiancé …

Title: The Jane Austen SocietyAuthor: Natalie JennerPublication: May 26, 2020Publisher: St. Martin’s PressGenre: Historical FictionPages: 313 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Just after the Second World War, in the small English village of Chawton, an unusual but like-minded group of people band together to attempt something remarkable. One hundred and fifty years …

Title: The Four WindsAuthor: Kristin HannahPublication: February 2, 2021Publisher: St. Martin’s PressGenre: Historical FictionPages: 450 SYNOPSIS (From Goodreads) Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water …

Title: The Last Bookshop in LondonAuthor: Madline MartinPublication: April 6, 2021Publisher: Hanover Square PressGenre: Historical FictionPages: 251 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) August 1939: London prepares for war as Hitler’s forces sweep across Europe. Grace Bennett has always dreamed of moving to the city, but the bunkers and blackout curtains that she …

Title: In Times of Rain and WarAuthor: Camron WrightPublication: April 6, 2021Publisher: Shadow MountainGenre: Historical FictionPages: 312 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) During World War II, an American soldier encounters a German woman living a secret life in bomb-blighted London. In September of 1940, the Blitz had begun. Like other British civilians, …

Title: Before the Coffee Gets ColdAuthor: Toshikazu KawaguchiPublication: November 17, 2020Publisher: Hanover Square PressGenre: Science FictionPages: 227 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) What would you change if you could go back in time?  In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for …

Title: ClanlandsAuthor: Sam Heughan and Graham McTavishPublication: November 3, 2020Publisher: QuercusGenre: Non-Fiction, TravelPages: 352 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) From their faithful camper van to boats, kayaks, bicycles, and motorbikes, join stars of Outlander Sam and Graham on a road trip with a difference, as two Scotsmen explore a land of raw …

Title: The Wedding GameAuthor: Meghan QuinnPublication: March 1, 2021Publisher: MontlakeGenre: RomancePages: 397 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Luna Rossi is a veritable crafting genius—she can bedazzle and bead so hard her Etsy site is one of the hottest in the world. So it’s only natural that Luna would convince her brother and …

Title: The Lost ApothecaryAuthor: Sarah PennerPublication: March 2, 2021Publisher: Park RowGenre: Historical FictionPages: 320 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Rule #1: The poison must never be used to harm another woman.Rule #2: The names of the murderer and her victim must be recorded in the apothecary’s register.One cold February evening in 1791, …