Title: Atmosphere Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Publication Date: 6/3/25 Publisher: Ballantine Books Description: Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances.... Continue Reading →
Most Anticipated Book Releases: November 2025
My most anticipated book releases for November 2025.
Picture Book Review: Agnes and the Hen by Elle Rowley
Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an ARC ebook of Agnes and the Hen in exchange for an honest review. Title: Agnes and the Hen Author; Elle Rowley Illustrator: Clare Theresen Gray Publisher: DK Children Publication Date: January 25, 2023 Description: This lighthearted story tells the tale of Agnes the Great Dane and... Continue Reading →
Throwback Thursday Book Review: 8/24/23
Welcome to my weekly post where I look back at some of my four and five star reads before I started Nicole's Nook. Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Publication Date: May 1, 2013 Date Read: February 21, 2017 Goodreads Synopsis: "Every child knows how the story ends. The wicked pirate captain is flung overboard, caught in... Continue Reading →
Throw Back Thursday Book Review: 7/19/23 Alphabet Weekends by Elizabeth Noble
Welcome to my weekly post where I look back at some of my four and five star reads before I started Nicole's Nook. Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Publication Date: January 1, 2000 Date Read: November 22, 2008 Goodreads Synopsis: Natalie and Tom have been best friends forever, but Tom wants them to be much more.... Continue Reading →
Throwback Thursday Book Review 6/15/23: Austenland by Shannon Hale
Welcome to my weekly post where I look back at some of my four and five star reads before I started Nicole's Nook. Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Publication Date: May 29, 2007 Date Read: September 14, 2012 Favorite Quote: “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a thirty-something woman in possession of a satisfying career and... Continue Reading →
Middle Grade Book of the Week: Area 51 Files written by Julie Buxbaum and illustrated by Lavanya Naiou
Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an electronic ARC in exchange for an honest review. Publication Date: September 13, 2022. Summary: When Skye's grandmother moves to a retirement community, Skye is not allowed to go with her. Instead, she is sent to live with her Uncle Anish in Area 51. Yes, that Area... Continue Reading →