The Wishing Game reminds me so much of the books and series I loved as a child: the ones that made me fall in love with reading, the ones I escaped into over and over. It has the whimsy and wordplay of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (one of the author’s inspirations) without the nastiness that seemed both funny and disturbing to me even as a child. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
The Backup Plan by Jill Shalvis Series: Sunrise Cove #3 Published by William Morrow on Jan. 17, 2023 Genres: Fiction, Contemporary Romance Pages: 384 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Also by this author:… January 16, 2023 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 5 ★★★★½
Thale’s Folly by Dorothy Gilman Published by Ballantine on March 2, 1999 Format: Kindle or ebook Purchase: Amazon | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax, The Clairvoyant Countess, Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish A New York writer becomes ensnared by the… December 8, 2021 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 3 ★★★★
The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse Narrator: Jonathan Cecil Series: Jeeves #7 Published by AudioGO on May 1, 2012 (originally published 1938) Genres: Fiction, Humor Format: Audiobook Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Chirp Add to Goodreads “To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim… July 22, 2021 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 7 ★★★★½
For white and other non-black readers, one place to start the work of anti-racism in our own lives is by reading and supporting black authors (and other authors of color, but because of current events, right now the focus is on black authors.) Reading more diversely helps us see the… Read more »
The Blue Hills by Elizabeth Goudge Series: Torminster Saga #3 Published by Buccaneer Books on originally published in 1942 Genres: Historical Fiction Pages: 157 Format: Hardcover Source: my personal collection Add to Goodreads Also in this series: A City of Bells Also by this author: The Little White Horse, A… January 31, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews, Treasures from the Hoard 5 ★★★★★
An Everyday Hero by Laura Trentham Series: A Heart of a Hero #2 Published by St. Martin’s Griffin on February 4, 2020 Genres: Fiction, Romance Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads From award-winning author Laura Trentham comes an emotionally layered… January 30, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 4 ★★★★½
The Clairvoyant Countess by Dorothy Gilman Series: Madame Karitska #1 Published by Fawcett on May 28, 2014 (first published 1975) Genres: Cozy Mystery, Fiction, Paranormal mystery Pages: 240 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: purchased Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also by this… December 20, 2018 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 6 ★★★★
Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley Published by Sourcebooks Landmark on August 7, 2018 Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction Pages: 512 Format: eARC Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble Add to Goodreads Also by this author: Named of the Dragon, The Shadowy Horses, The Vanished Days “The house,… August 6, 2018 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 10 ★★★★★
Family Tree on Aug. 9, 2016 Pages: 368 Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads For readers of Kristin Hannah and Jodi Picoult comes a powerful, emotionally complex story of love, loss, the pain of the past—and the promise of the future. Sometimes the greatest dream starts with the smallest element. A… Read more »
