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Waiting on Wednesday: What Every Girl Should Know by J. Albert Mann

February 6, 2019

Waiting on Wednesday: What Every Girl Should Know by J. Albert MannWhat Every Girl Should Know on February 12, 2019
Pages: 256
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Waiting on Wednesday was created by Breaking the Spine, and is now hosted by Wishful Endings (as Can’t Wait Wednesday). It’s a feature where they discuss one of the most anticipated upcoming book releases. The anticipated book release is What Every Girl Should Know by J. Albert Mann! 

Catnopsis

Margaret was determined to get out. She didn’t want to clean the dirty dishes and soiled diapers that piled up day in and day out in her large family’s small home. She didn’t want to disappoint her ailing mother, who cared tirelessly for an ever-growing number of children despite her incessant cough. And Margaret certainly didn’t want to be labeled a girl of “promise,” destined to become either a teacher or a mother—which seemed to be a woman’s only options.

As a feisty and opinionated young woman, Margaret Higgins Sanger witnessed and experienced incredible hardships, which led to her groundbreaking work as an advocate for women’s rights and the founder of Planned Parenthood. This fiery novel of Margaret’s early life paints the portrait of a young woman with the passion and courage to change the world.

Why I’m Waiting

Historical Fiction has become my new favorite genre especially since reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and the book that is on the top of my TBR list which is Next Year in Havana! I am glad to see another historical fiction novel popping up this year and not only is it historical fiction, but it’s also a feminist read!

Once I read that it’s about the young Margaret Sander’s who is the founder of Planned Parenthood, I was completely sold! I just listened to 90’s Bitch through Audible and loved it so much that it left me craving for another good feminist book!  Mann’s novel looks like the kind of book that will inspire women to fight for what they believe in and it is also the perfect book to gear up for Women’s History month! 

 

 

 

 

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Cover Reveal: Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett

December 18, 2018

Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett
on April 16, 2019
Genres: contemporary, YA Contemporary, YA Romance
Pages: 432
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After an awkward first encounter, Birdie and Daniel are forced to work together in a Seattle hotel where a famous author leads a mysterious and secluded life in this romantic contemporary novel from the author of Alex, Approximately.

Mystery-book aficionado Birdie Lindberg has an overactive imagination. Raised in isolation and homeschooled by strict grandparents, she’s cultivated a whimsical fantasy life in which she plays the heroic detective and every stranger is a suspect. But her solitary world expands when she takes a job the summer before college, working the graveyard shift at a historic Seattle hotel.

In her new job, Birdie hopes to blossom from introverted dreamer to brave pioneer, and gregarious Daniel Aoki volunteers to be her guide. The hotel’s charismatic young van driver shares the same nocturnal shift and patronizes the waterfront Moonlight Diner where she waits for the early morning ferry after work. Daniel also shares her appetite for intrigue, and he’s stumbled upon a real-life mystery: a famous reclusive writer—never before seen in public—might be secretly meeting someone at the hotel.

To uncover the writer’s puzzling identity, Birdie must come out of her shell…discovering that most confounding mystery of all may be her growing feelings for the elusive riddle that is Daniel.

Happy Holidays! When I laid eyes on this book cover I seriously thought that this was a YA-cozy-winter-read with the Hallmark feels! This book just SCREAMS a winter read for me and I was surprised to find out that this book comes out on April 16, 2019! Just feast your eyes on this adorable cover by Jenn Bennett who is also the author of the much-talked-about summer book Alex, Approximately!

 

The synopsis of the book sounds like the perfect cozy read. This book has a mystery element to it and I am not an avid mystery reader but I love the fact that it has a combination of a romance and that the mystery is set in a historic Seattle hotel. Serious Moonlight sounds like the perfect novel to read on a rainy day with some pie and a warm cup of coffee! Pre-order your copy here! 

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