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  The Narrowboat Summer by Anne Youngson I was excited to receive an ARC copy of Anne Youngson second novel The Narrowboat Summer , I loved Meet me at the Museum and I was not disappointed by it. I have to say this book is quite different from Meet me at the Museum but both novels leave you with a sense of brighter future: the story ends but you know that things for the main characters’ life will change for the better. In the novel Eve and Sally decide to help Anastasia, the owner of a narrowboat called Number One; the narrowboat needs repairs, but Anastasia cannot bring it to the boatyard in Chester because she needs to stay in Uxbridge for heath reasons. The three women meet casually in front of the narrowboat and from the beginning you can clearly see as these three women are quite different. Sally seems to be the quiet one, Eve, quite pragmatic, is the strong character but she has recently been laid off, so she is in a moment of vulnerability, Anastasia is used to a fruga...
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  2020 in books! I read a little less than 2019 but I had an interesting. As you can see from the picture, I loved most of the books I read and I can’t do a short list of my preferred list, it would be too difficult! So, I decided to write a little about the books I was more connected. I read mostly fiction, but I enjoyed a few nonfiction books; I really loved Elie Wiesel All rivers run to the sea, reading about his life was a big help for me during this year so unpredictable and stressful, another non-fiction book that I found interesting and eye-opener was Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. I started also reading President Barack Obama A Promise Land memoir, but I didn’t finish yet (I am almost halfway). I discovered Charles Lenox Mysteries by Charles Finch, I like the Victorian Age description and the main character is very likeable. Another discover was Sulari Gentill, I think her book After She Wrote Him is a real gem, and a fascinating mystery, very unconventional. I re...
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Real Life by Brandon Taylor

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An author's debut book This book left me confused. I didn’t fully enjoyed it; I didn’t like or maybe I didn't fully understand Wallace, the main character. Wallace is in tipping point of his life, he feels he needs to change, he is not fully satisfied of his student life, he thought it was going to be his way out from a toxic family but he is still unhappy, he feels lonely and kind of out place with his group of fellow students/friends. After I finished the book I looked for the author and I found an interesting interview (the link is below), and, I am still writing this is not one of my favorite book, but I may understand a little more what the author wanted us to see/know with his book! Interview with Brandon Taylor from All things Considered, February 17 2020 Goodreads: Real Life by Brandon Taylor
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Day by Elie Wiesel

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  This is the last book of the Night trilogy. I think that, even though Dawn and Day are novels, they complete the trilogy because they describe life after the Holocaust. In Day there are some elements of true life; in fact Wiesel had a serious car accident in New York and, like the main character in Day, he almost died and he had a long recovery in the hospital. I loved more Day then Dawn, they are both small books (a little more than 100 pages) but deep and powerful. I strongly suggest reading all of them together! Goodreads: Day by Elie Wiesel
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Dawn by Elie Wiesel

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A book written in the 20 century This book is part of the Trilogy by Elie Wiesel, the first book Night is Wiesel account of his personal experience in the Nazi death camps. In this book the story is fictional. Elisha is young survivor now part of the Jewish Resistance in Palestine and he has been ordered to execute a British soldier as retaliation of a fellow fighter. The novel is description of his night before the execution, his thought and doubts. Goodreads: Dawn by Elie Wiesel
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After She Wrote Him by Sulari Gentill

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A book by an Australian, Canadian or European Author: After She Wrote Him by Sulari Gentill This book is a true gem. I am not going to describe the plot but the main theme is two writers writing a book where the other writer is the main character, for me this book was a little challenging to follow the story but I loved and enjoyed it a lot. The main characters,  Edward and Madeleine, were beautiful personas, and I didn't want to finish the book because I didn't want to leave them!! I think if you want to try something new and unusual this is the right book. Thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the ARC in exchange of an honest review Goodreads: After She Wrote Him by Sulari Gentill Published on April 7th 2020 (the book was previously published as Crossing the Lines )
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What You Wish For by Katherine Center

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  I read and loved “How to walk away” and “Things you save in a fire”, I even gave as gift “How..” to my sister and so I was excited to receive a digital copy from St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley but this time the book didn’t convince me, I gave it 3.5 stars and I would divide between first half of the book (two stars) and second half of it (five stars). I was almost giving up and do not finish the book; then I read some of the reviews saying the second half was better and I gave a try and they are right. My problem with the first twelve chapters of the book is that the main character seems to be saying always the same thing Duncan was different, he changed, he was so funny, so happy now he is not. Then everything changed and I loved the end of the book, there was more action and it was more interesting. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review! Goodreads: What You Wish For by Katheri...
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