It's the day when we all set goals for the upcoming year. I'm not much of a resolution person, but I try to set some intentions each year. I've fallen into the habit of limiting my posts to my favorite read of the month and most anticipated releases of the month. This will continue, but... Continue Reading →
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My Most Anticipated Book Releases of January 2024
January 2 What if your nightmares weren’t really nightmares at all? We spend an average of thirty-three years of our lives asleep. But what really happens, and what are we capable of, when we are sleeping? Anna Ogilvy was a budding twenty-five-year-old writer with a bright future. Then, one night, she stabbed two people to... Continue Reading →
Year End Book Tag
I have been neglecting Nicole's Nook lately, so when I saw this tag, I thought it would be a fun way to ease back into posting. More end of year posts to follow soon. This is a yearly tag by Shelleyrae @ Book’d Out where you fill in the prompts using books that you read throughout the... Continue Reading →
Most Anticipated Book Releases of December 2023
December 5 Overnight, in a small town, careers, friendships, reputations, and futures are all on the line in a razor-sharp novel about scandals, secrets, and hard-earned dreams coming true. A small-town campus is rocked by scandal. Suddenly, four women find themselves in the crosshairs of an investigation that threatens to upend their lives. Lauren is... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of November 2023
Goodreads synopsis: The latest historical novel from New York Times bestselling author Lisa See, inspired by the true story of a woman physician from 15th-century China—perfect for fans of See's classic Snowflower and the Secret Fan and The Island of Sea Women. According to Confucius, "an educated woman is a worthless woman," but Tan Yunxian—born into an elite... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of October 2023
A little late this month, but I'm excited to share this one. Goodreads Synopsis: A riveting new novel about an indomitable young woman in Virginia during Prohibition. Most folk thought Sallie Kincaid was a nobody who’d amount to nothing. Sallie had other plans. Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small... Continue Reading →
My Most Anticipated Book Releases for November 2023
A few good books coming out next month. November 14 Riley Rhodes finally has the chance to turn her family’s knack for the supernatural into a legitimate business when she’s hired to break the curse on an infamous Scottish castle. Used to working alone in her alienating occupation, she's pleasantly surprised to meet a handsome... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of September 2023
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 Most Anticipated Book Releases of October 2023
A good mix of some of my favorite genres coming out in October. October 3 Sasha has had it. She cannot bring herself to respond to another inane, “urgent” (but obviously not at all urgent) email or participate in the corporate employee joyfulness program. She hasn’t seen her friends in months. Sex? Seems like a... Continue Reading →
Throw Back Thursday
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: Cloaked by Alex Flinn Publisher: HarperTeen Publication Date: February 14, 2012 Date read: August 23, 2015 Goodreads Synopsis: I’m not your average hero. I actually wasn’t your average anything. Just... Continue Reading →