Category Archives: ARCs

REVIEW: Three Days in June, by Anne Tyler

Posted on February 11, 2025 by starcatbooks

Three Days in June, Anne Tyler (pub date March 2025, Knopf) This lovely little novel centers around Gail Blaine — mother, ex-wife, suddenly unemployed educator — and three days surrounding her daughter’s (Debbie) wedding. And her ex, Max, who shows … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Mae Vincent

Random House Publishing Group- Ballantine Books, Pub date June 3, 2025 350pp. The writer of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones and the Six has done it again! Atmosphere is so well done, it’s a gorgeous portrait … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: The Daughter of Auschwitz: The Girl Who Lived to Tell Her Tale, by Tova Friedman

Posted on January 25, 2025 by starcatbooks

HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books, Pub Date April 1, 2025, 208pp. Tova Friedman here recounts her own story as one of the youngest children to survive Auschwitz’s during the Holocaust, framed as a retelling to a friend she has met and trusts … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Never Gamble Your Heart

Posted on January 8, 2025 by starcatbooks

Never Gamble Your Heart (Forever (Grand Central Publishing), pub date Feb 4, 2025, 384pp, $17.99) Genre: Romance with mystery. A charming Victorian romance, updated for modern values regarding women’s independence, but quite lovely, well-told, and eminently readable. I tore through … Continue reading →

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I Hope to Have a Daughter like Hazel Sharp in Daughter of Mine 

Posted on February 23, 2024 by Sable Quinn

Written By: Sable Quinn Sable’s Rating: 5/5 stars Content Warning: this novel references three different deaths in different manors, one being a malicious homicide. Daughter of Mine, Megan Miranda. MarySue Rucci Books, April 9, 2024. 354 pp.   Daughter of Mine … Continue reading →

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Authors! Signings! Talks! Giveaways!

Posted on August 10, 2018 by starcatbooks

Jackie Ashenden,  Megan Crane (also writing as Caitlin Crews), and Maisey Yates will all be at Star Cat Books soon! Sat Sept 15, 1-3pm ET: signings, talks, soirée, giveaways! And did I say it’s being held next to the bar … Continue reading →

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ARCs Ahoy!

Posted on October 19, 2015 by starcatbooks

We just got in a boatload of ARCs (Advanced Reading Copies) from the American Booksellers Association. Most of these books won’t be out until January or even March 2016. I don’t have time to read them all (though there are … Continue reading →

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