Category: Book Reviews

Food and Book Pairing: Love and Olives by Jenna Evans Welch

February 19, 2021

The Book Title: Love and Olives Author: Jenna Evans Welch Publisher:  Simon Pulse Release Date: 11/10/20 Genre: Romance Age Range: Young Adult Rating: ★★★★ Publisher’s Summary: Santorini felt like an island holding its breath. As if it were keeping in a secret…Liv Varanakis doesn’t like to think about her father much, which makes sense—he fled to Greece when she was … More Food and Book Pairing: Love and Olives by Jenna Evans Welch

Review: A Pho Love Story by Loan Le

February 15, 2021

Title: A Pho Love Story Author: Loan Le Publisher: Simon Schuster Books Release Date: 2/9/21 Genre: Romance Age Range: Young Adult Rating: ★★★★★ A Pho Love Story features Linh Mai and Bao Nguyen, whose parents own competing Vietnamese Restaurants in their California town. The two of them end up spending time together through assignments for their high school newspaper. Bao … More Review: A Pho Love Story by Loan Le

Food and Book Pairing: Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim

February 11, 2021

The Book Title: Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop Author: Roselle Lim Publisher:  Berkeley Release Date: 8/4/20 Genre: Magical Realism Age Range: Adult Rating: ★★★★ Publisher’s Summary: Vanessa Yu never wanted to see people’s fortunes — or misfortunes — in tea leaves. Ever since she can remember, Vanessa Yu has been able to see people’s fortunes at the bottom of … More Food and Book Pairing: Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim

ARC Review: Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft

February 10, 2021

Title: Down Comes the Night Author: Allison Saft Publisher: Wednesday Books Release Date: 3/2/21 Genre: Romantic Fantasy Age Range: Young Adult Rating: ★★★★ Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft centers around Wren Southerland, a healer in the Queen’s Guard whose reckless use of magic and disregard for rules has left her in disgrace. She is invited by the mysterious … More ARC Review: Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft

Food and Book Pairing: Home Work by Julie Andrews Edwards

February 1, 2021

The Book Title: Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years Author: Julie Andrews Edwards with Emma Walton Hamilton Publisher:  Hachette Books Release Date: 10/15/19 Genre: Memoir Age Range: Adult Rating: ★★★★ Publisher’s Summary: In Home Work, the number one New York Times international bestseller, Julie Andrews recounted her difficult childhood and her emergence as an acclaimed singer and performer on the stage. … More Food and Book Pairing: Home Work by Julie Andrews Edwards

Food and Book Pairing: Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston

January 30, 2021

The Book Title: Bookish and the Beast Author: Ashley Poston Publisher:  Quirk Books Release Date: 8/4/20 Genre: Fiction Age Range: Young Adult Rating: ★★★ Publisher’s Summary: In the third book in Ashley Poston’s Once Upon a Con series, Beauty and the Beast is retold in the beloved Starfield universe. Rosie Thorne is feeling stuck—on her college application essays, in her … More Food and Book Pairing: Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston

Food and Book Pairing: Tweet Cute by Emma Lord

January 21, 2021

The Book Title: Tweet Cute Author: Emma Lord Publisher:  Wednesday Books Release Date: 1/21/20 Genre: Fiction Age Range: Young Adult Rating: ★★★★★ Publisher’s Summary: Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may be falling apart, but their massive fast-food chain is booming ― mainly thanks to Pepper, who is barely managing to juggle real life … More Food and Book Pairing: Tweet Cute by Emma Lord

ARC Review: Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke

January 20, 2021

Title: Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder Author: Joanne Fluke Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation Release Date: 2/23/21 Genre: Cozy Murder Mystery Age Range: Adult Rating: ★★★ I have been reading Joanne Fluke’s Hannah Swensen series for many years, and they are always delightful reads. The 27th book in the series, Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder is no different. In this book, Lake Eden, … More ARC Review: Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke

Food and Book Pairing: These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

January 16, 2021

The Book Title: These Violent Delights Author: Chloe Gong Publisher:  Margaret K. McElderry Books Release Date: 11/17/20 Genre: Fiction Age Range: Young Adult Trigger Warnings: Mentions and descriptions of blood, violence, gore, character deaths, transphobia, explicit description of gouging self (not of their own volition), murder, weapon use, insects, alcohol consumption, parental abuse.  Rating: ★★★★ Publisher’s Summary: The year is … More Food and Book Pairing: These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

Food and Book Pairing: The Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell’Antonia

January 8, 2021

The Book Title: The Chicken Sisters Author: KJ Dell’Antonia Publisher: GP Putnam’s Sons Release Date: 12/1/20 Genre: Fiction Age Range: Adult Rating: ★★★★ Publisher’s Summary: In tiny Merinac, Kansas, Chicken Mimi’s and Chicken Frannie’s have spent a century vying to serve up the best fried chicken in the state–and the legendary feud between their respective owners, the Moores and the … More Food and Book Pairing: The Chicken Sisters by KJ Dell’Antonia