Book club

For April bookclub

Showing 461 - 480 of 567  There are a total of 567 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "Three days in June"
Star rating for Three days in June
Author:
Average Rating:
3.8 stars
Description:
"Gail Baines is long divorced from her husband Max, and not especially close to her grown daughter Debbie. Today is the day before Debbie's wedding. To start, Gail loses her job--or quits, depending who you ask. Then, Max arrives unannounced on Gail's doorstep, carrying a cat, without a place to stay and without even a suit in which to walk their daughter down the aisle. But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has...
Book cover for "Three Junes"
Star rating for Three Junes
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An astonishing novel that traces the lives of a Scottish family over a decade as they confront the joys and longings, fulfillments and betrayals of love in all its guises.
In June of 1989 Paul McLeod, a newspaper publisher and recent widower, travels to Greece, where he falls for a young American artist and reflects on the complicated truth about his marriage....
Six...
Book cover for "Three keys"
Star rating for Three keys
Author:
Series:
Front desk volume 2.
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
Description:
Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere with her writing! But as it turns out, sixth grade is no picnic. "Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend,...
Book cover for "Tiger eyes"
Star rating for Tiger eyes
Author:
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
When Davey Wexler's father is killed in a holdup in Atlantic City, her mother moves Davey and her brother to Los Alamos to get away from the memories--but Davey's a girl frozen in fear and anger until she meets an older boy called Wolf who can read her tiger eyes.
Book cover for "To have and to hoax"
Star rating for To have and to hoax
Series:
Regency vows volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
"In this fresh and hilarious historical rom-com, an estranged husband and wife in Regency England feign accidents and illness in an attempt to gain attention-and maybe just win each other back in the process. Five years ago, Lady Violet Grey and Lord James Audley met, fell in love, and got married. Four years ago, they had a fight to end all fights, and have barely spoken since. Their once-passionate love match has been reduced to one of cold, detached...
Book cover for "To the land of long lost friends"
Star rating for To the land of long lost friends
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
"Mma Ramotswe reconnects with an old friend who has been having problems with her daughter. Though Precious feels compelled to lend a hand, she discovers that getting involved in family affairs is always a delicate proposion. Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni finds himself embroiled in familial drama as well, when one of his clients asks for help evicting an unwanted houseguest who turns out to be the man's own brother. Elsewhere, Charlie and Fanwell are also involved...
Book cover for "Tomorrow will be better"
Star rating for Tomorrow will be better
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
From Betty Smith, author of the beloved classic A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, comes a poignant story of love, marriage, poverty, and hope set in the Williamsburg and Bushwick sections of 1920s Brooklyn.
Book cover for "The tortilla curtain"
Star rating for The tortilla curtain
Description:
The lives of two different couples-wealthy Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher, and Candido and America Rincon, a pair of Mexican illegals--suddenly collide, in astory that unfolds from the shifting viewpoints of the various characters.
Book cover for "Tourist Season"
Star rating for Tourist Season
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
Description:
"Ismay Chalmers is ready for a relaxing summer reconnecting with her fiancé at his family's luxurious beachfront cottage. But before Remy can join her, a hurricane bears down on Mariners Island. Alone in the large house, Ismay makes a disturbing discovery in Remy's childhood closet. She's not sure what to make of it, but is relieved when the property's caretaker, Bo, checks in on her. Bo's home is damaged, so they temporarily shelter together, and...
Book cover for "The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise"
Star rating for The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise
Average Rating:
2.3 stars
Description:
Brimming with charm and whimsy, this national bestseller set in the Tower of London has the transportive qualities and delightful magic of the contemporary classics Chocolat and Amélie
Balthazar Jones has lived in the Tower of London with his loving wife, Hebe, and his 120-year-old pet tortoise for the past eight years. That’s right, he is a Beefeater (they really do live there). It’s no easy...
Book cover for "The trackers"
Star rating for The trackers
Average Rating:
3.1 stars
Description:
While on assignment to create a mural for the Dawes, Wyoming Post Office, painter Val Welch finds himself entranced by his hosts, John and Eve Long, but when Eve flees with a valuable painting, John recruits Val to track her down.
Book cover for "Traveling mercies"
Star rating for Traveling mercies
Author:
Average Rating:
5 stars
Book cover for "The travelling cat chronicles"
Star rating for The travelling cat chronicles
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
Description:
"A life-affirming anthem to kindness and self-sacrifice, The Travelling Cat Chronicles shows how the smallest things can provide the greatest joy. We take journeys to explore exotic new places and to return to the comforts of home, to visit old acquaintances and to make new friends. But the most important journey is the one that shows us how to follow our hearts. An instant international bestseller, The Travelling Cat Chronicles has charmed readers...
Book cover for "True biz"
Star rating for True biz
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
Description:
"True biz? The students at the River Valley School for the Deaf just want to hook up, pass their history final, and have doctors, politicians, and their parents stop telling them what to do with their bodies. This revelatory novel plunges readers into the halls of a residential school for the deaf, where they'll meet Charlie, a rebellious transfer student who's never met another deaf person before; Austin, the school's golden boy, whose world is rocked...
Book cover for "True colors"
Star rating for True colors
Average Rating:
3.9 stars
Description:
In a small Washington town, the Grey sisters once-solid world is broken apart by jealousy, passion, and betrayal until one of their family is arrested and tried for murder.
Book cover for "The true love experiment"
Star rating for The true love experiment
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
Felicity "Fizzy" Chen is lost. Sure, she's got an incredible career as a beloved romance novelist with a slew of bestsellers under her belt, but when she's asked to give a commencement address, it hits her: she hasn't been practicing what she's preached. Fizzy hasn't ever really been in love. Lust? Definitely. But that swoon-worthy, can't-stop-thinking-about-him, all-encompassing feeling? Nope. Nothing. What happens when the optimism she's spent her...
Book cover for "The Turner house"
Star rating for The Turner house
Average Rating:
2.9 stars
Description:
"A powerful, timely debut, The Turner House marks a major new contribution to the story of the American family. The Turners have lived on Yarrow Street for over fifty years. Their house has seen thirteen children grown and gone--and some returned; it has seen the arrival of grandchildren, the fall of Detroit's East Side, and the loss of a father. The house still stands despite abandoned lots, an embattled city, and the inevitable shift outward to...
Book cover for "The turtle of Michigan"
Star rating for The turtle of Michigan
Series:
Turtle of Oman volume 2.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Eight-year-old Aref is excited to reunite with his father in Ann Arbor, Michigan where he will start a new school, and while Aref misses his grandfather, his Sidi, he knows that his home in Oman will always be waiting for him.
Book cover for "The turtle of Oman"
Star rating for The turtle of Oman
Series:
Turtle of Oman volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
When Aref, a third-grader who lives in Muscat, Oman, refuses to pack his suitcase and prepare to move to Michigan, his mother asks for help from his grandfather, his Siddi, who takes Aref around the country, storing up memories he can carry with him to a new home.
Book cover for "The twelve-mile straight"
Star rating for The twelve-mile straight
Average Rating:
2.3 stars
Description:
"[A] novel set in the south during the Great Depression that takes an entirely fresh view on big American themes-- race, heredity, inequality, shame-- set in a time of financial crisis and racialized violence"--