Book Recommendations with Yvonne Morgan
What was your favorite picture book as a kid? My favorite book was Thumbelina. I think I read it over 100 times. My dad used to call me Thumbelina as I grew up because I was small. But I was never a ballerina, although I wish I took lessons as [...]
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey (book review)
Piper Bellinger is fashionable, influential, and her reputation as a wild child means the paparazzi are constantly on her heels. When too much champagne and an out-of-control rooftop party lands Piper in the slammer, her stepfather decides enough is enough. So he cuts her off, and sends Piper and her [...]
Honey and Spice by Bolu Babalola (book review)
Sweet like plantain, hot like pepper. They taste the best when together... Sharp-tongued (and secretly soft-hearted) Kiki Banjo has just made a huge mistake. As an expert in relationship-evasion and the host of the popular student radio show Brown Sugar, she's made it her mission to make sure the women [...]
The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver (book review)
Lydia and Freddie. Freddie and Lydia. They'd been together for more than a decade, and Lydia thought their love was indestructible. But she was wrong. On her twenty-eighth birthday, Freddie died in a car accident. So now it's just Lydia, and all she wants to do is hide indoors and [...]
The Man Ban by Nicola Marsh (book review)
Harper Ryland has been on a self-imposed man ban for the last twelve months, after a particularly horrible breakup. Instead, she's focusing on the one thing she can her career as an up-and-coming food stylist. Harper's latest gig is her best friend's wedding, and she receives glowing praise throughout the [...]