New Release or Older Books?

Hey guys.

I have a question for everyone. 

Are you more apt to grab a book that's been out for a while? 
Or are you going to run out and grab a new release? 

Jessica has long been a fan of Colleen Hoover and I thought about picking up one of her books.  Why not, right? 

At the same time, I thought it would be fun to throw the question out there. 

~ Jillian

The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda - Reshelved Books

Hello Dewey Readers!

I am super excited to be able to review an ARC of Megan Miranda's latest novel The Last House Guest.  This book is a psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Girl on the Train.

So a bit about the book. Littleport, Maine is a summer town.  When a friendship blossoms between a summer girl named Sadie and the year rounder named Avery, it's a little unexpected, but they remain good friends for close to ten years.  Then Sadie is found dead at the bottom of a cliff near the ocean, and the police believe it to be a suicide.  Flash forward years later and Avery is in the family home (she's employed by them as vacation property management) when she finds Sadie's cellphone.  It is a phone that the police were never able to recover.

So was Sadie's death a suicide?  Was it a murder?  And if so, is the murderer still out there watching them all?  I guess you'll have to read the book to find out.  

My thoughts without giving it all away? This novel was a quick read, but I think that I fell in love with the cover more than I fell in love with the prose inside.  I would rate it 3.5 out of 5 Coffee Beans.   

Until the next read!
~Jessica 

The Wartime Sisters by Lynda Cohen Loigman - Reshelved Books

Hello Dewey Readers!

Lynda Cohen Loigman just wrote another new book.  If you avidly read our reviews, you know that Jillian and I both LOVED Loigman's novel The Two Family House, so when we heard that she was coming out with another novel we just knew that we had to read it. 


The Wartime Sisters follows the story of two sisters who were both very different.  Ruth, the older sister, was very bookish.  She got straight As, liked doing homework, and always strived for perfection.  The younger sister, Millie, was very different.  Actually, the two sisters sort of reminded me of my sister and I.  I'm the older and bookish one and my sister... well, she isn't.  We're both smart, but she definitely is more lax. I think because of this, the way that Loigman crafted the characters of the two sisters, and even the differences in how their parents treat and expect things from both of them, felt very much real to me.  

So a bit about the plot.  The two sisters grow up to marry different men and end up losing communication with each other after a falling out.  Millie, head over heels in love, marries a man who isn't a very wise financial choice, and Ruth marries a man similar to herself.  Then WWII begins.  Ruth's husband, a scientist, is important within the army, and Millie is now an army widow with a two year old son.  Ruth reaches out to Millie and offers her a place to stay with her and her husband at the army base.  

This novel explores the bonds of sisters, of family, and of love.  It allows the reader to dive into a historical time frame and develop and emotional connection to it through it's characters.  When you read this novel (because you definitely need to read it) you will end up devouring it.  

So Dewey Readers, I leave you with a rating of 5 out of 5 Coffee Beans.

Until the next read!
~Jessica    

The Adults By Caroline Hulse - Reshelved Books

Hello Dewey Readers!

It's time for another Holiday novel review!  The Adults by Caroline Hulse was in my TBR pile for quite a while when I received it as an ARC from Baker and Taylor over the summer and let me tell you this book is FABULOUS!!!

This novel is about four adults: Matt and Claire who are divorced, and Alex and Patrick the respective new girlfriend / boyfriend.   The  two new couples decide to go on a holiday together along with Matt and Calire's young daughter Scarlett and her imaginary friend who is a really tall rabbit named Posey.  Posey wears silver shoes.  With a setup like that, nothing can go wrong, right?  Well... the novel opens with a 911 call (999 because it's England) because someone has been shot with an archery arrow.  

This novel is an absolutely wonderful and captivating read.  It's also extremely funny, which I think is partially because some of the ridiculous moments in the novel could probably happen is real life... or at least the sitcom version of our lives.

While this novel takes place over the Christmas period, it's not primarily a Christmas novel, which is another thing that I love about it.  Quite frankly, I'm sick of reading the sappy, neat, and tidy holiday novels. This was just the book that I needed to read right now.

So Dewey Reader's I leave you with a rating of 5 out of 5 Coffee Beans.

Until the next read!
~Jessica