Gigi by Collette
The Book Nest
by
4d ago
genre: historical fiction Raised by her grandmother and great-aunt, Gigi knows she should be respectable. There are so many rules when one must be respectable - but Gigi’s free spirit can manage to both follow the rules and manage things in her own way. She knows herself and the limits of her life but it doesn’t stop her from dreaming. Being a courtesan does require a certain amount of decorum though - Gigi just has to decide that she cares and thus far she hasn’t! She’d rather play cards with the friendly Tonton, whose money and exploits make his friendship such a boon for Gigi and her famil ..read more
Visit website
The Measure by Nikki Erlick
The Book Nest
by
1w ago
 genre: speculative fiction When the little brown boxes arrive one morning, no one in the world knows what they mean - only that every single human over the age of 22 has gotten one.  Inside those boxes?  Something that will be the key to knowing how long you will live.  And the world has no idea how to handle this information. I was hesitant to start this but it was recommended by more than one friend so I went in rather blind and ended up really enjoying this story of interconnected characters who have to rebuild their lives in a society that now knows the length of a li ..read more
Visit website
The Fury by Alex Michaelides (audiobook)
The Book Nest
by
2w ago
 genre: contemporary mystery When Lana Farrar decides she needs to escape the London dreariness, she brings her friends with her for a weekend at her Greek island summer home.  As an ex-movie star, her Lana's friends are quirky creatures with secrets of their own and from the beginning of this tale, we know that one person doesn't leave that island alive.  What we don't know is who - or why. I jumped on this as soon as I heard it was coming out because I'd enjoyed The Silent Patient so much.  This one wasn't as smooth or enjoyable of a read, unfortunately.  The narrat ..read more
Visit website
The Lover by Marguerite Duras
The Book Nest
by
3w ago
 genre: fictionalized memoir In colonized Vietnam, a fifteen year old girl from a French family (whom we never know by name) finds her life utterly changed the day she meets the older Chinese man while on the ferry to school.  This part-reminiscent part-stream of consciousness look at the narrator's family and life explores not just this Lolita-like affair but also her struggles within her poor family and the racism and complicated relationships among the colonizers and the colonized.   This is such a short book but it took me a lot longer to work my way through it than I ..read more
Visit website
Above Ground by Clint Smith (audiobook)
The Book Nest
by
3w ago
genre: poetry I still have goose-bumps, right now, from listening to the author read his collection of poetry. It has been a LONG time since I just listened to poetry and I forgot how I can be moved by it.  MOVED.  Clint's words lulled me and reminded me of the beautiful moments we can take for granted.  They made me feel nostalgic for times and places that aren't mine.  His way of making words create an image made me want to wrap my language around me like a giant quilt, so grateful for how a voice making sounds can tell me so much, even in the spaces.  From maternit ..read more
Visit website
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
The Book Nest
by
3w ago
genre: contemporary fiction  When Lily meets Ryle, she’s not in a good place. Her dreams are on hold, her childhood was full of pain and her life in Boston isn’t what she’d anticipated. But in their short first encounter, Lily sees something in Ryle that she notices - and likes. So when chance throws them together again, Lily’s story pivots in a huge way. Determined to live a different life than her mother, Lily knows how to be a strong and capable woman, no matter what she faces. I am truly of two minds about this book. Part of me says: this book was GOOD. I couldn’t put it down, I car ..read more
Visit website
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride (audiobook)
The Book Nest
by
1M ago
 genre: historical fiction The neighborhood of Chicken Hill might not be fancy. It might be filled with those who exist on the edge of society, heck, it might be filled with people who can’t even always get along themselves. But they know each other and what they are up against as immigrants and descendants of former slaves in a Pennsylvania where the white man makes the rules. And amongst the Jews and African Americans in this there is enough of a camaraderie that the Heaven and Earth Grocery Store is a place everyone visits, especially to see Chona, whose vibrant spirit has made it a p ..read more
Visit website
This Impossible Brightness by Jessica Bryant Klagmann
The Book Nest
by
1M ago
genre: speculative fiction The hole in Alma’s heart will not close. After loosing her most important person, to stay out in a crowded society is more than her heart can handle, especially in a world on the brink of environmental disaster. So she escapes to a wild island off the coast of Canada to live as solitary an existence as she possibly can. Except there is something…unique about the location of this island that makes it collect old sounds and radio broadcasts. That uniqueness will tap into something special inside Alma and connect her to this barren place. I didn’t know anything about ..read more
Visit website
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Book Nest
by
1M ago
genre: dystopian speculative fiction I feel silly writing a little summary of this book because I feel like I am the last adult American to read it, but, it should be noted that even though I think I knew what it was about, I wasn't correct.  Brave New World is about an imagined "utopian" society in which pain, worry, the need to make any kind of challenging decision has all be forfeited in the quest for peace and "happiness."  To make a society like this requires a surprising amount of conformity which has been put in place using a lot of mechanical and scientific social structures ..read more
Visit website
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera
The Book Nest
by
1M ago
 genre: middle grade Cece's life is dominated by the reality of the creatures (criatura) that live in the desert on the outskirts of her home.  Every year, these powerful beings will try to create mayhem and even kidnappings among the humans in Cece's town and so going out into the desert by yourself is forbidden.  For Cece, though, the pull of that wild place is too great and when one day her choices lead to tragedy, Cece will have to be brave enough to face who she thinks she is - and what she's capable of doing - to save the people she loves. This is another book ..read more
Visit website

Follow The Book Nest on FeedSpot

Continue with Google
Continue with Apple
OR