August 8 Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix’s... Continue Reading →
Throwback Thursday Book Review: 7/27/23 Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky
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: Doubleday Publication Date: February 6, 2007 Date Read: August 10, 2010 Goodreads Synopsis: Dana Clarke has always longed for the stability of home and family—her own childhood was not an easy... 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 →
Top Ten Tuesday 7/18/23
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. July 18: Books With One-Word Titles (submitted by Angela @ Reading... Continue Reading →
Throwback Thursday Book Review: 7/6/23 The Chocolate Thief by Laura Florand
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: Kensington Publication Date: July 31, 2012 Dead Read: February 28, 2016 Goodreads Synopsis: Paris Breathtakingly beautiful, the City of Light seduces the senses, its cobbled streets thrumming with possibility. For American... 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 →
My Most Anticipated Book Releases of July 2023
July 4 Goodreads Synopsis: City dweller Gwen feels like she’s living a secondhand life. She’s thirty-eight, perpetually single, and in dire need of a dentist’s appointment. Her friends are busy procreating in the country, and conversations with her parents seem to revolve entirely around hedge borders and the trash pickup schedule. Above all she’s lonely.... Continue Reading →
Throwback Thursday Book Review: 6/28/23 The Boyfriend of the Month Club by Maria Geraci
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: Berkley Books Publication Date: December 7, 2010 Date Read: December 11, 2010 Synopsis: This sexy, funny new novel asks: Can a woman find a modern-day Mr. Darcy in Daytona Beach? At... Continue Reading →
Top Five Wednesday 6/27/23
Top Five Wednesday is a Goodreads group that responds to weekly bookish prompts. June 28th: Books Set by the Ocean Tomorrow is International Day of the Tropics, and to celebrate, let’s feature five books that are set by the ocean! Annie Marlow has been through the worst. Rocked by tragedy, she heads to the one... Continue Reading →
Throwback Thursday Book Review: 6/22/23: Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer
Welcome to my weekly post where I look back at some of my four and five star reads before I started Nicole's Nook. Publishers: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: June 1, 2012 Date Read: December 8, 2013 Favorite Quote: “The act of reading is a partnership. The author builds a house, but the reader makes... Continue Reading →