5 stars

Here are some of the books that most recently got a 5 star review from our subscription customers. I don’t know which makes me happier - surprising someone with a book they’ve been wanting to read and they end up loving it OR sending them a book they would never pick for themselves but they end up loving it.

One thing I do know is that I love when they have nothing to say about what they want next because that means we are NAILING IT.

Happy Place by Emily Henry

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I really liked this one! I liked the aspect of friendship, and of course the romance part. Thank you!

What would you like to see in the next book we send?

Just continue with the romance genre, and keep up the great work!

The Children of Húrin by J.R.R Tolkien

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Another classic Tolkien that I didn't have in my collection.

What would you like to see in the next book we send?

I trust you!

Mission to Paris by Alan Furst

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Not my typical genre! But I really enjoyed the history and intrigue. Took me a bit to get into it but then I couldn’t put it down😊

5 Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This has been on my to-read list for years so I was so happy to have unwrapped it! It is such a compelling, haunting story about healthcare and ethics.

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I absolutely love the perspective of death as the narrator, it's such a different perspective! I love lots of things about the book, but don't need to write a whole book report. You ladies nailed this pick for me. Thank you ever so much. This was exactly the book I needed right now. You'll never know how much this book meant to me.

What would you like to see in the next book we send?

You did so well with this book, I trust you fully on the next pick. I'm excited to see what you send!!

Eric Jerome Dickey was a very popular writer in the 1990s. He recently passed from cancer in 2021 at the young age of 52. Until about 4 weeks ago, I had no idea he was still publishing books until I learned of his passing.

He had an interesting career. Graduating from Memphis State University with a degree in engineering, he moved to L.A. to work for Rockwell International as a software developer. Then decided he wanted to pursue the arts: acting, comedy and writing.

He published 15 novels in a variety of genres. And his book The Business of Lovers published in 2020 is one of this month’s Customer 5 star Favs.

I was nervous sending this book out to our customer; I kept thinking to myself: Is he still relevant? But he is just one of those writers whose reputation you can trust.

Here is what our customer Sam said, “This book was spot on. I couldn’t put it down. The story line was amazing and the ending was absolutely perfect.” And she added in her note of what she wanted to read next: “keep doing what you're doing.”

Another book that received 5 stars this month, is one I have never heard of: This Burns My Heart by Samuel Park.

Here is what Linda had to say about it: 

This book was so. Damn. Good. Just my style blending history, Asian culture (in this case Korea), and romance. It reminded me of a Lisa See book who is one of my all-time favorite authors. The book spanned many years of Soo-Ja's life from a girl in her early twenties to a mother in her late thirties and it really took me on a journey of her struggle with the choices she made as a young woman. I felt very connected to her, even though I may not have made the same mistakes she has, as a woman in my early thirties I understand having to deal with the fallout of decisions I made when I was younger and more naïve. Not only that, but in her older years she is a perpetual people pleaser and will say whatever makes everyone else happy even if it means biting her tongue and suffering herself which I really really relate with. Every time Soo-Ja and Yul reunited my heart was in my throat hoping maybe this time something would work out between them, reading this as a hopeless romantic really really pulled at my heartstrings. The ending definitely made me cry, I wish there were a tiny bit more wrap-up (like an epilogue) but I was still satisfied with how it played out.

Working in a bookstore is the coolest! I get to learn about so many books. But running this subscription service is even better because of the feedback we receive!

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