Fiction Recommendations: Green Covers for St. Patrick’s Day
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
What was it like? Living in that house.
Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a nonfiction book called House of Horrors. His tale of ghostly happenings and encounters with malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon, rivaling The Amityville Horror in popularity—and skepticism.
Today, Maggie is a restorer of old homes and too young to remember any of the events mentioned in her father’s book. But she also doesn’t believe a word of it. Ghosts, after all, don’t exist. When Maggie inherits Baneberry Hall after her father’s death, she returns to renovate the place to prepare it for sale. But her homecoming is anything but warm. People from the past, chronicled in House of Horrors, lurk in the shadows. And locals aren’t thrilled that their small town has been made infamous thanks to Maggie’s father. Even more unnerving is Baneberry Hall itself—a place filled with relics from another era that hint at a history of dark deeds. As Maggie experiences strange occurrences straight out of her father’s book, she starts to believe that what he wrote was more fact than fiction.
The Boy in the Field by Margot Livesey
One September afternoon in 1999, teenagers Matthew, Zoe, and Duncan Lang are walking home from school when they discover a boy lying in a field, bloody and unconscious. Thanks to their intervention, the boy’s life is saved. In the aftermath, all three siblings are irrevocably changed. Matthew, the oldest, becomes obsessed with tracking down the assailant, secretly searching the local town with the victim’s brother. Zoe wanders the streets of Oxford, looking at men, and one of them, a visiting American graduate student, looks back. Duncan, the youngest, who has seldom thought about being adopted, suddenly decides he wants to find his birth mother. Overshadowing all three is the awareness that something is amiss in their parents’ marriage. Over the course of the autumn, as each of the siblings confronts the complications and contradictions of their approaching adulthood, they find themselves at once drawn together and driven apart.
Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner
Helen’s idyllic life—handsome architect husband, gorgeous Victorian house, and cherished baby on the way (after years of trying)—begins to change the day she attends her first prenatal class and meets Rachel, an unpredictable single mother-to-be. Rachel doesn’t seem very maternal: she smokes, drinks, and professes little interest in parenthood. Still, Helen is drawn to her. Maybe Rachel just needs a friend. And to be honest, Helen’s a bit lonely herself. At least Rachel is fun to be with. She makes Helen laugh, invites her confidences, and distracts her from her fears.
But her increasingly erratic behavior is unsettling. And Helen’s not the only one who’s noticed. Her friends and family begin to suspect that her strange new friend may be linked to their shared history in unexpected ways. When Rachel threatens to expose a past crime that could destroy all of their lives, it becomes clear that there are more than a few secrets laying beneath the broad-leaved trees and warm lamplight of Greenwich Park.
Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan
When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside—but he's not alone. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim to their matriarch's massive fortune. With each family member vying to inherit Tyersall Park—a trophy estate on sixty-four prime acres in the heart of Singapore—Nicholas' childhood home turns into a hotbed of backbiting and intrigue. As Su Yi's relatives fight over heirlooms, Astrid Leong is at the center of her own storm, desperately in love with her old sweetheart Charlie Wu but tormented by her ex-husband—a man hell-bent on destroying Astrid's reputation and relationship. Meanwhile, Kitty Pong, married to China's second richest man, Jack Bing, still feels upstaged by her new stepdaughter, famous fashionista Colette Bing.
In this sweeping tale that takes us from the elegantly appointed mansions of Manila to the secluded private islands in the Sulu Sea, from a kidnapping at Hong Kong's most elite private school to a surprise marriage proposal at an Indian palace that is caught on camera by the telephoto lenses of paparazzi, Kevin Kwan hilariously reveals the long-buried secrets of Asia's most privileged families and their rich people problems.
This is the third volume in the “Crazy Rich Asians” series.
Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler
On the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration, a young woman snoops through her boyfriend's phone and makes a startling discovery: he's an anonymous internet conspiracy theorist, and a popular one at that. Already fluent in internet fakery, irony, and outrage, she's not exactly shocked by the revelation. Actually, she's relieved—he was always a little distant—and she plots to end their floundering relationship while on a trip to the Women's March in DC. But this is only the first in a series of bizarre twists that expose a world whose truths are shaped by online lies.
Suddenly left with no reason to stay in New York and increasingly alienated from her friends and colleagues, our unnamed narrator flees to Berlin, embarking on her own cycles of manipulation in the deceptive spaces of her daily life, from dating apps to expat meetups, open-plan offices to bureaucratic waiting rooms. She begins to think she can't trust anyone--shouldn't the feeling be mutual?
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It has been a long hiatus, though to me it didn’t seem to be one. Time flies. June and July have flied by so fast, and I can’t keep up, shit things happening one after the other, and I’m still coping… But it’s a process. I’m functioning now enough to write and interact on this blog.
As I promised, this first post is a list of June releases (from June 3rd) and the reviews I found about them until now. You’re all welcome to let me know if you have a review that I forgot to add.
Since July is also over, I’m also sharing this month’s books and reviews.
As always, updating is constantly happening, if you know about a book or have a review, just let me know! 😉
Welcome back on Swift Coffee, everyone!
For the newbies (welcome 😘): if you don’t yet know what this is all about: I’m posting a list every Monday of the books that get released during the current week. I also include other people’s reviews about them! I try to do a blog hop from time to time and spread the word about this feature, but I obviously can’t find every review that’s related, so a sign that you have one would be very much appreciated! Every review is eligible that is written about a book published on the week in question, even if it was written before said week!
So… one question remains:
Would you like to join the ride?
It’s very easy!
These are the rules:
To be featured, you don’t have to do anything else, but to leave a comment below this post, or contact me by any other way, and let me know you have a review. A link to it makes it easier, but if you only say your review comes out on x day of the week, that’s okay as well, I’ll watch out for it! Following me is not a must, but I appreciate it very much, if you do! 🙂
I continuously update this post according to your infos/comments, and I share it again every time I’ve made an update.
The book you reviewed don’t have to be from the list here, if it’s not listed, but published this week, I’ll add the book, too!
You can also send me a review for next week, because these posts are scheduled! 😉
Books Published in June:
‘After the End’ by Clare Mackintosh mystery/thriller
‘All the Missing Girls’ by Megan Miranda mystery
‘A Merciful Promise’ by Kendra Elliot mystery/romantic suspense
‘A Nearly Normal Family’ by M.T. Edvardsson, Rachel Willson-Broyles (Translation) mystery/thriller
‘Ayesha at Last’ by Uzma Jalaluddin romance
‘Beyond Āsanas: The Myths and Legends behind Yogic Postures’ by Pragya Bhatt, Joel Koechlin (Photographer)
‘Bound to the Battle God’ by Ruby Dixon fantasy/romance
‘Briar and Rose and Jack’ by Katherine Coville middle grade
‘Bunny’ by Mona Awad horror
‘City of Girls’ by Elizabeth Gilbert historical fiction
‘Close to Home’ by Cate Ashwood M M romance
‘Dear Wife’ by Kimberly Belle mystery/thriller
‘Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life and Work’ by Victoria Ortiz non-fiction/middle grade
‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ by Taffy Brodesser-Akner contemporary
‘Five Midnights’ by Ann Dávila Cardinal horror
‘Fix Her Up’ by Tessa Bailey romance
‘Fixing the Fates: A Memoir’ by Diane Dewey non-fiction
‘Ghosts of the Shadow Market’ YA fantasy
‘Gun Island’ by Amitav Ghosh cultural/India/historical fiction
‘If Only’ by Melanie Murphy
‘Just One Bite’ by Jack Heath mystery/thriller
‘Like a Love Story’ by Abdi Nazemian YA/LGBT
‘Magic for Liars’ by Sarah Gailey fantasy/mystery
‘More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)’ by Elaine Welteroth non-fiction
‘Mrs. Everything’ by Jennifer Weiner historical fiction
‘Mostly Dead Things’ by Kristen Arnett contemporary/LGBT
‘Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune’ by Roselle Lim contemporary/romance
‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’ by Ocean Vuong poetry
‘Rapture’ by Lauren Kate YA fantasy
‘Recursion’ by Blake Crouch science fiction
‘Searching for Sylvie Lee’ by Jean Kwok mystery
‘Somewhere Close to Happy’ by Lia Louis romance
‘Sorcery of Thorns’ by Margaret Rogerson fantasy
‘Storm and Fury’ by Jennifer L. Armentrout fantasy
‘Summer of ’69’ by Elin Hilderbrand historical fiction
‘Sweet Tea and Secrets’ by Joy Avon cozy mystery
‘Teeth in the Mist’ by Dawn Kurtagich horror
‘The Accidental Girlfriend’ by Emma Hart romance
‘The Bookshop on the Shore’ by Jenny Colgan contemporary/women’s fiction
‘The First Mistake’ by Sandie Jones thriller
‘The Friends We Keep’ by Jane Green women’s fiction
‘The Friend Zone’ by Abby Jimenez contemporary/romance
‘The Girl in Red’ by Christina Henry fantasy/horror
‘The Haunted’ by Danielle Vega horror
‘The Holiday’ by T.M. Logan
‘The July Girls’ by Phoebe Locke mystery/thriller
‘The Last House Guest’ by Megan Miranda mystery/thriller
‘The Most Fun We Ever Had’ by Claire Lombardo contemporary/literary fiction
‘The New Achilles’ by Christian Cameron historical fiction
‘The Red Labyrinth’ by Meredith Tate fantasy
‘The Resurrectionists’ by Michael Patrick Hicks horror
‘The Rest of the Story’ by Sarah Dessen YA contemporary/romance
‘Ollie Oxley and the Ghost: The Search for Lost Gold’ by Lisa Schmid middle grade
‘The Space Between Time’ by Charlie Laidlaw
‘The Stationery Shop’ by Marjan Kamali historical fiction
‘The Summer Country’ by Lauren Willig historical fiction
‘They Called Me Wyatt’ by Natasha Tynes mystery
‘This Might Hurt a Bit’ by Doogie Horner YA
‘Time After Time’ by Lisa Grunwald historical/science fiction
‘Waiting for Tom Hanks’ by Kerry Winfrey contemporary/romance
‘We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir’ by Samra Habib non-fiction
‘We Were Killers Once’ by Becky Masterman mystery/thriller
‘Where The Story Starts’ by Imogen Clark women’s fiction
‘Wicked Fox’ by Kat Cho YA fantasy
‘Wild and Crooked’ by Leah Thomas YA contemporary/LGBT
‘Wolf Rain’ by Nalini Singh paranormal romance
Reviews:
‘Sorcery of Thorns’ by Stephanie at Between Folded Pages
‘The Rapture’ at Book Bound
‘The Resurrectionists’ by Jen at Shit Reviews of Books
‘The Haunted’ by Kris at Boston Book Reader
‘The Friends We Keep’ by Vicky at Women in Trouble Book Blog
‘This Might Hurt a Bit’ by Amanda at Between the Shelves
‘Wild and Crooked’ by Amanda at Between the Shelves
‘The Haunted’ by Mandy at Book Princess Reviews
‘We Were Killers Once’ by Vicky at Women in Trouble Book Blog
‘Five Midnights’ by Sian at Sci-fi & Scary
‘Wolf Rain’ by Corina at Book Twins Reviews
‘Just One Bite’ by Berit at Audio Killed the Bookmark
‘Where the Story Starts’ by Anjana at Superfluous Reading
‘The Red Labyrinth’ by Anjana at Superfluous Reading
‘Fixing the Fates’ by Anjana at Superfluous Reading
‘Gun Island’ by Anjana at Superfluous Reading
‘If Only’ by Anjana at Superfluous Reading
‘Sweet Tea and Secrets’ by Rekha at The Book Decoder
‘Storm and Fury’ by Claire at bookscoffeeandrepeat
‘The New Achilles’ by Zoé at Zooloo’s Book Diary
‘Time After Time’ by Ashley at Ashes Books and Bobs
‘Recursion’ by Lilyn G at Sci-fi & Scary
‘The Space Between Time’ by Rekha at The Book Decoder
‘The Rumor’ by Vicky at Women in Trouble Book Blog
‘The Search for the Lost Gold’ by Lilyn G at Sci-fi & Scary
‘They Call Me Wyatt’ by Jen at Shit Reviews of Books
‘After the End’ by Linda at Linda’s Book Bag
‘Beyond Asanas’ by Shashank at Wonder’s Book Blog
‘The July Girls’ by Nicola at Short Book and Scribes
‘We Have Always Been Here’ by Kristin at Kristin Kraves Books
‘Close to Home’ by T. J. Fox
‘Dissenter on the Bench’ by Taylor at Tays Infinite Thoughts
‘Bound to the Battle God’ by Corina at Book Twins Reviews
‘Briar and Rose and Jack’ by Briana at Pages Unbound
‘Teeth in the Mist’ at Lori’s Bookshelf Reads
‘All the Missing Girls’ by Celine at Celinelingg
‘The Holiday’ by Zoe at Zooloo’s Book Diary
‘The July Girls’ by Joanna at Over the Rainbow Book Blog
‘More Than Enough’ by Jessica at Jess Just Reads
‘Somewhere Close to Happy’ at Jess Just Reads
‘The Accidental Girlfriend’ by Tijuana at Book Twins Reviews
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Books Published in July:
‘Along the Broken Bay’ by Flora J. Solomon historical fiction
‘A Stranger on the Beach’ by Michele Campbell mystery/thriller
‘A Whisker In The Dark’ by Leighann Dobbs cozy mystery
‘Dark Age’ by Pierce Brown science fiction
‘Depraved’ by Trilina Pucci romance/erotica
‘Deserve to Die’ by Miranda Rijks thriller
‘Drummer Girl’ by Ginger Scott YA romance
‘False Step’ by Victoria Helen Stone mystery/thriller
‘Girls Like Us’ by Cristina Alger mystery/thriller
‘Gods of Jade and Shadow’ by Silvia Moreno-Garcia fantasy/historical fiction
‘Good Guy’ by Kate Meader romance
‘Gore in the Garden’ by Colleen J. Shogan cozy mystery
‘How to Hack a Heartbreak’ by Kristin Rockaway romance
‘Last Summer’ by Kerry Lonsdale contemporary
‘Life Ruins’ by Danuta Kot audiobook/mystery
‘Lock Every Door’ by Riley Sager mystery/thriller
‘Maybe This Time’ by Kasie West contemporary
‘Never Have I Ever’ by Joshilyn Jackson mystery/thriller
‘Never Look Back’ by Alison Gaylin mystery/thriller
‘Nightingale Point’ by Luan Goldie
‘Reclaimed by Her Rebel Knight’ by Jenni Fletcher historical romance
‘Resist’ by K. Bromberg romance
‘Salvation Day’ by Kali Wallace science fiction
‘Season of the Witch’ by Sarah Rees Brennan YA fantasy
‘Sisters of Willow House’ by Susanne O’Leary
‘Spin the Dawn’ by Elizabeth Lim fantasy
‘That Long Lost Summer’ by Minna Howard
‘The Betrayed Wife’ by Kevin O’Brien mystery/thriller
‘The Bookish Life of Nina Hill’ by Abbi Waxman contemporary/romance
‘The Chain’ by Adrian McKinty thriller
‘The Gifted School’ by Bruce Holsinger contemporary fiction
‘The Golden Hour’ by Beatriz Williams historical fiction
‘The Guy on the Right’ by Kate Stewart NA romance
‘The Last Book Party’ by Karen Dukess historical fiction
‘The Marriage Trap’ by Sheryl Browne thriller
‘The Merciful Crow’ by Margaret Owen fantasy
‘The Miraculous’ by Jess Redman middle grade
‘The Need’ by Helen Phillips horror/thriller
‘The Nickel Boys’ by Colson Whitehead historical fiction
‘The Rogue King’ by Abigail Owen paranormal romance
‘The Seekers’ by Heather Graham mystery
‘The Silent Ones’ by K.L. Slater thriller
‘The Storm Crow’ by Kalyn Josephson fantasy
‘The Wedding Party’ by Jasmine Guillory romance
‘Three Women’ by Lisa Taddeo non-fiction/feminism
‘To Be Devoured’ by Sara Tantlinger horror
‘Truly Madly Royally’ by Debbie Rigaud YA romance
‘Under Currents’ by Nora Roberts romance
‘War’ by Laura Thalassa fantasy/romance
‘Whisper Network’ by Chandler Baker mystery/thriller
‘Wilder Girls’ by Rory Power YA horror/mystery
A fantastic review of…
‘Reclaimed by her Rebel Knight’ by Demetra at Demi Reads
‘The Merciful Crow’ by Clarissa at Clarissa Reads It All
‘The Bookish Life of Nina Hill’ at Flavia the Bibliophile
‘The Merciful Crow’ by Kaleena at Reader Voracious
‘The Guy On the Right’ by Astrid at The Bookish Sweet Tooth
‘False Step’ by Jordann at The Book Blog Life
‘The Guy On the Right’ by Angela at Reading Frenzy Book Blog
‘Reclaimed by Her Rebel Knight’ by Joules at Northern Reader
‘Depraved’ by Demetra at Demi Reads
‘Never Have I Ever’ by Steph AT Steph’s Book Blog
‘Reclaimed by Her Rebel Knight’ by Jennifer C. Wilson
‘That Long Lost Summer’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews
‘Sisters of Willow House’ by Joanne at Portobello Book Blog
‘A Whisker in the Dark’ by Berit at Audio Killed the Bookmark
‘The Rouge King’ by Ashley at Falling Down the Book Hole
‘Good Guy’ by Astrid at The Bookish Sweet Tooth
‘Drummer Girl’ by Astrid at The Bookish Sweet Tooth
‘The Need’ by T. J. Fox
‘The Seekers’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews
‘The Silent Ones’ by Steph at StefLoz Book Blog
‘Resist’ by Tijuana at Book Twins Reviews
‘Reclaimed by Her Rebel Knight’ by Jess Bookish Life
‘Sisters of Willow House’ by Joanna at Over the Rainbow Book Blog
‘How To Hack a Heartbreak’ by Corina at Book Twins Reviews
‘Somebody Else’s Baby’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews
‘Life Ruins’ by Amanda at mybookishblogspot
‘The Miraculous’ by Chris at Plucked from the Stacks
‘The Betrayed Wife’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews
‘Salvation Day’ by Lilyn G at Sci-fi & Scary
‘The Marriage Trap’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews
‘The Chain’ at Jess Just Reads
‘To Be Devoured’ by Sam and Gracie at Sci-fi & Scary
‘Truly Madly Royally’ by Olivia at The Candid Cover
‘Season of the Witch’ by Jill at Jill’s Book Blog
‘Gore in the Garden’ by Rekha at The Book Decoder
‘Never Look Back’ by Berit at Audio Killed the Bookmark
‘Wilder Girls’ by Kathy at Pages Below the Vaulted Sky
‘Deserve to Die’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews
‘Sisters of Willow House’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews
‘Sisters of Willow House’ by Berit at Audio Killed the Bookmark
‘Nightingale Point’ by Amanda at mybookishblogspot
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See these beautiful covers? *.*
Which are your favorites?
I’m so happy to be here with you bookish guys again!!
Don’t forget to let me know if you have a review!
Oh, and in the near future comes another post with the releases of the beginning of August! You can send me reviews for that post, as well.
Have a wonderful time!
Hugs 🙂
I’m back! – A Master List of Book Releases of June and July + Reviews! It has been a long hiatus, though to me it didn't seem to be one. Time flies.
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