Jayme Reviews: Come As You Are by Jennifer Haupt

Set against a backdrop of Seattle in the early ’90s, Haupt’s second novel is a compelling family drama and love story that explores the question: Can we alter our dreams and stories from the past to create a better future for our children?
 
Zane and Skye are two misfit teens drawn together by their love of music and their loneliness, both part of Seattle’s grunge scene in the early ‘90s. They dream of moving to L.A. together: Zane’s music career following the trajectory of Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder, and Skye drawing Picasso-esque portraits on the Venice Beach boardwalk. When a tragedy violently catapults them from best friends to lovers, their bond is forever strengthened and their relationship destroyed. Ten years later, they must come together as parents, putting aside abandoned dreams and broken promises. The question is: can they face the truth of who they are, and become the parents their daughter needs them to be?

Anticipated December 2019 Book Releases!

Wow, I can’t believe we are already talking about December book releases! This year has flown by! Take a look below to see some of the books releasing next month that I’m looking forward to, and then stay tuned for my anticipated 2020 releases!

Anticipated November 2019 Book Releases!

I’m excited to share the books I’m looking forward to that release in November with you today! Take a look below to see what I’m looking forward to reading, then check back every month on the 15th to see what else I’m looking forward to reading this year!

Anticipated October 2019 Book Releases!

I’m excited to share the books I’m looking forward to that release in October with you today! Take a look below to see what I’m looking forward to reading, then check back every month on the 15th to see what else I’m looking forward to reading this year!

Anticipated September 2019 Book Releases!

I’m excited to share the books I’m looking forward to that release in September with you today! Take a look below to see what I’m looking forward to reading, then check back every month on the 15th to see what else I’m looking forward to reading this year!

Anticipated August 2019 Book Releases!

There are so many books coming out in August that I’m excited to share here with you today! Take a look below to see what I’m looking forward to reading, then check back every month on the 15th to see what else I’m looking forward to reading this year!

Jayme Reviews: Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

A literary courtroom drama about a Korean immigrant family and a young, single mother accused of murdering her eight-year-old autistic son

My husband asked me to lie. Not a big lie. He probably didn’t even consider it a lie, and neither did I, at first . . .

In the small town of Miracle Creek, Virginia, Young and Pak Yoo run an experimental medical treatment device known as the Miracle Submarine—a pressurized oxygen chamber that patients enter for therapeutic “dives” with the hopes of curing issues like autism or infertility. But when the Miracle Submarine mysteriously explodes, killing two people, a dramatic murder trial upends the Yoos’ small community.

Who or what caused the explosion? Was it the mother of one of the patients, who claimed to be sick that day but was smoking down by the creek? Or was it Young and Pak themselves, hoping to cash in on a big insurance payment and send their daughter to college? The ensuing trial uncovers unimaginable secrets from that night—trysts in the woods, mysterious notes, child-abuse charges—as well as tense rivalries and alliances among a group of people driven to extraordinary degrees of desperation and sacrifice.

Angie Kim’s Miracle Creekis a thoroughly contemporary take on the courtroom drama, drawing on the author’s own life as a Korean immigrant, former trial lawyer, and mother of a real-life “submarine” patient. An addictive debut novel for fans of Liane Moriarty and Celeste Ng, Miracle Creek is both a twisty page-turner and a deeply moving story about the way inconsequential lies and secrets can add up—with tragic consequences.

Anticipated July 2019 Releases!

There are so many books coming out in July that I’m excited to share here with you today! Take a look below to see what I’m looking forward to reading, then check back every month on the 15th to see what else I’m looking forward to reading this year!

Anticipated June 2019 Book Releases!

Here is my list of books that are coming out in June that I’m looking forward to! Check back every month on the 15th to see what else I’m looking forward to reading this year!

Anticipated May 2019 Book Releases!

Let’s talk about books we are anticipating in May! Below is my list of books that will be released next month that I’m looking forward to. Check back every month on the 15th to see what else I’m looking forward to reading this year!