Tag: Penguin

• Book Review: The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell

  NetGalley is a digital platform that provides book people with FREE advance reading copies (ARCs) of books yet to be released in exchange for a review written and posted on their site, on Goodreads, on Amazon, on your own social media. Sometimes you are offered a book, but more often you request a book that…

  michardillo

  July 9, 2025

  books

  #Currently Reading, Alexandra Bell, Amazon, Ann Napolitano, Anne Tyler, ARC, Belle Epoque, book-review, books, death, Del Rey, Elizabeth Strout, England, Eve Shaw, Evie Woods, fiction, France, Goodreads, grief, historical fiction, Kaytee Cobb, Kindle, literature, London, magical realism, Max Everly, Meredith Monday Schwartz, NetGalley, novel, octopuses, Penguin, podcast, Ray Bradbury, reading, realistic fiction, Richard Osman, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, tattoo, teacher, teaching, The Lost Bookshop, The White Octopus Hotel, writer, writing

• Book Review: Through an Open Window by Pamela Terry

  First, thank you to NetGalley and Pamela Terry, through her publisher Penguin Random House, for the ARC of this new novel, to be published on August 19, 2025. This is Pamela Terry’s third novel, and I feel that her work becomes stronger and stronger with each new book. She is a true Southerner, and her…

  michardillo

  May 13, 2025

  books

  book-review, books, chihuahua, Clumber Spaniel, death, debut, dog, fiction, Georgia, Goodreads, grief, Kindle, literature, loss, Louisiana, magical realism, mystery, NetGalley, novel, Pamela Terry, Penguin, Random House, reading, Scotland, sophomore, Sweet Taste of Muscadines, Through an Open Window, When the Moon Turns Blue, writer, writing

• Book Review: My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes

  First of all, my feelings about this book are mostly due to my own mistake, and as an avid reader with thousands of books under my belt, I have to admit it is a rookie mistake I shouldn’t have made. This is my first Marian Keyes book, and although I’ve seen her name and numerous…

  michardillo

  August 12, 2024

  books

  family dynamics, fiction, Ireland, Marian Keyes, NetGalley, NYC, Penguin, reading, series, sisters