Goodreads Synopsis: A riveting tale of unfathomable success great joy deep pain, and redemption that can come only from above. From a working-class background in North Carolina to a job as a cook and club singer in Nashville to his "overnight success" with his smash 1986 album Storms of Life--which launched the neotraditional movement in country music--Randy's... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of August 2023
Goodreads Synopsis: Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing…Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Sixty-year-old self-proclaimed tea expert Vera Wong enjoys nothing more than sipping a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy ‘detective’ work on the internet (AKA checking up on her son to see if he’s dating anybody yet). But when Vera wakes... Continue Reading →
My favorite read of July 2023
Goodreads Synopsis: As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don't mingle and draw attention. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she's... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of June 2023: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
“Please try to remember that books aren’t always an escape; sometimes books teach us things. They show us the world, they don’t hide it.”― Sara Nisha Adams, The Reading List Goodreads Synopsis: Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in the London Borough of Ealing after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and... Continue Reading →
Throw Back Thursday Book Review 6/1/23
Welcome to my weekly post where I look back at some of my four and five star reads before I started Nicole's Nook. Today's Book: A Beautiful Heist by Kim Foster Publisher: Kensington Publishing Publication Date: June 6, 2013 Date Read: December 27, 2014 Favorite Quote: “Sooner or later everyone behaves badly. Some of us... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of May 2023: A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong
“Everyone needs things that serve no greater purpose than to make them happy.”― Kelley Armstrong, A Stitch in Time Goodreads Synopsis: Thorne Manor has always been haunted… and it has always haunted Bronwyn Dale. As a young girl, Bronwyn could pass through a time slip in her great-aunt's house, where she visited William Thorne, a boy her... Continue Reading →
Top Five Wednesday 5/3/23
Top Five Wednesday is a Goodreads group that posts new bookish prompts every week. This week's Topic: May 3rd: MAY You Please Read This…? To celebrate a new month starting, let’s share some recent recommendations of books we have absolutely loved! After all, May is a great time to ask if they’ll read titles we’ve... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of April 2023: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
“Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass Goodreads Synopsis: In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three... Continue Reading →
Throw Back Thursday Book Review
Welcome to my weekly post where I look back at some of my four and five star reads before I started Nicole's Nook. Today's book: Snow White Red-Handed by Maia Chance Publishers: Berkely Prime Crime Publication Date:November 4, 2014 Date Read: September 3, 2016 My Rating: 4 stars Favorite Quote: Goodreads Synopsis: Miss Ophelia Flax... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of March 2023:Thin Ice by Paige Shelton
"I knew I was keeping it together by only the thinnest of threads, but that was better than not keeping it together at all." Paige Shelton, Thin Ice Goodreads Synopsis: Beth Rivers is on the run - she's doing the only thing she could think of to keep herself safe. Known to the world as... Continue Reading →