BookCase.Club is a monthly book subscription box offering different genres: Children’s, Young Adult, Mystery/Thriller, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Romance, and Historical/New Age/Contemporary Fiction. Each box contains 2 hand-picked books, except for the Children’s box which includes 3 books. It costs $9.99 per month, making it one of the most inexpensive book subscriptions out there.
This is the review of Surprise-Me Fiction, a new offering that includes two engaging debuts and stand-alone fiction titles which may include historical, family saga, new age, literary, and contemporary.
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This month’s Surprise-Me Fiction book picks are Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck & Fortune by Roselle Lim and Summer of ’69 by Elin Hilderbrand.
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Summer of ’69 by Elin Hilderbrand ($11.25)
Four siblings experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval of the ’60s summer when everything changed in Elin Hilderbrand’s #1 New York Times bestselling historical novel.
Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century. It’s 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. Every year the children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother’s historic home in downtown Nantucket. But like so much else in America, nothing is the same: Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Middle sister Kirby, caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests and determined to be independent, takes a summer job on Martha’s Vineyard. Only-son Tiger is an infantry soldier, recently deployed to Vietnam. And thirteen-year-old Jessie suddenly feels like an only child, marooned in the house with her out-of-touch grandmother and her worried mother, while each of them hides a troubling secret.
As the summer heats up, Ted Kennedy sinks a car in Chappaquiddick, man flies to the moon, and Jessie and her family experience their own dramatic upheavals along with the rest of the country. In her first historical novel, rich with the details of an era that shaped both a nation and an island thirty miles out to sea, Elin Hilderbrand once again earns her title as queen of the summer novel.
It’s a piece of historical fiction, with elements of romance and some family and personal drama.
The story revolves around one family and is set in 1969, the exact year when Apollo 11 landed humans on the moon.
This book is a perfect summer read! With rich and vivid details, the author takes readers back to the iconic summer of 1969. It’s amazing how she included real events in the story and that she kept everything authentic from the dialogues to the references and more!
The story also tackled serious issues and topics, some of which are still relevant today. It’s an engrossing read overall!
Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck & Fortune by Roselle Lim ($13.70)
Lush and visual, chock-full of delicious recipes, Roselle Lim’s magical debut novel is about food, heritage, and finding family in the most unexpected places.
At the news of her mother’s death, Natalie Tan returns home. The two women hadn’t spoken since Natalie left in anger seven years ago, when her mother refused to support her chosen career as a chef. Natalie is shocked to discover the vibrant neighborhood of San Francisco’s Chinatown that she remembers from her childhood is fading, with businesses failing and families moving out. She’s even more surprised to learn she has inherited her grandmother’s restaurant.
The neighborhood seer reads the restaurant’s fortune in the leaves: Natalie must cook three recipes from her grandmother’s cookbook to aid her struggling neighbors before the restaurant will succeed. Unfortunately, Natalie has no desire to help them try to turn things around—she resents the local shopkeepers for leaving her alone to take care of her agoraphobic mother when she was growing up. But with the support of a surprising new friend and a budding romance, Natalie starts to realize that maybe her neighbors really have been there for her all along.
Romance and fantasy sound good to me!
Set in San Francisco’s Chinatown, this charming story is filled with love, family, friendship, some magic, and a whole lot of food. Natalie Tan, the protagonist, takes pride in the food of her heritage and the author did such a great job with the imagery that you’ll find yourself craving Natalie’s recipes!
There are also moral lessons from the story! I love that it reminds us to not give up on our dreams no matter what, and how important it is to give back to the community and to help others. This is such a feel-good read!
BookCase.Club always sends great books, and for this month’s Surprise-Me Fiction box, I received two novels that were just so hard to put down. The first one is historical fiction and the other one is a chick-lit! The respective authors have exceptional storytelling styles, and I now look forward to their other works. If you love reading, this subscription is one of the best and most inexpensive ways of shopping for new books. There’s no such thing as too many books, right?
Have you tried BookCase.Club? What are you currently reading?
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