5 Star Predictions
Thank you publishers for these gifted books.
Happy Wednesday y’all! It’s been ages since I’ve done a five star prediction post, so I thought it was time to use my psychic powers and make some predictions for books I plan to read in October. I also thought I’d share a picture of Riggs since he’s always in the room sleeping when I take pics.
See below for synopsis to go with each book!
Today I’m actually home all day, so I’m baking and making soup for dinner. All the recipes are from Halfbaked Harvest! Here’s our menu:
5 Ingredient Beer Bread
I’m also going to add cheddar to this bread to give it a little bit more flavor.
Brown Butter Apple Blondies with Cinnamon Maple Glaze
The Book of Hope (Pub 10/19) - A rare and intimate look not only at the nature of hope but also into the heart and mind of a woman who revolutionized how we view the world around us and has spent a lifetime fighting for our future.
The Hidden Child (Pub 10/19) - In this new historical novel by the author of Daughter of the Reich, Londoners Eleanor and Edward Hamilton have it all. But the 1929 financial crash is looming, and they’re harboring a shameful secret. How far are they willing to go to protect their charmed life?
When the Summer Was Ours - From the horrors of the Second World War to the tensions of the 1956 Hungarian uprising and beyond, When the Summer Was Ours is a sweeping story about the toll of secrets, the blurred lines between sacrifice and obsession, and the endurance of the human spirit.
The Last Checkmate (Pub 10/19)- A young Polish resistance worker, imprisoned in Auschwitz as a political prisoner, plays chess in exchange for her life, and in doing so fights to bring the man who destroyed her family to justice.
The Wolf and the Woodsman - In the vein of Naomi Novik’s New York Times bestseller Spinning Silver and Katherine Arden’s national bestseller The Bear and the Nightingale, this unforgettable debut— inspired by Hungarian history and Jewish mythology—follows a young pagan woman with hidden powers and a one-eyed captain of the Woodsmen as they form an unlikely alliance to thwart a tyrant.
💬𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝?
