Category: Random House Ambassador

  • Review: FROM THE CORNER OF THE OVAL by Beck Dorey-Stein

    Review: FROM THE CORNER OF THE OVAL by Beck Dorey-Stein

    Thank you so very much to Random House for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own.  Description:  In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein is working five part-time jobs and just scraping by when a posting on Craigslist lands her, improbably, in the Oval Office as one of Barack Obama’s stenographers. The ultimate D.C. outsider,…

  • Review: YOU THINK IT, I’LL SAY IT by Curtis Sittenfeld

    Review: YOU THINK IT, I’LL SAY IT by Curtis Sittenfeld

    So many thanks to Random House for my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description:  Curtis Sittenfeld has established a reputation as a sharp chronicler of the modern age who humanizes her subjects even as she skewers them. Now, with this first collection of short fiction, her “astonishing gift for creating characters…

  • Mini Book Review: IN CONCLUSION, DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT by Lauren Graham

    Mini Book Review: IN CONCLUSION, DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT by Lauren Graham

    Thank you so much Random House for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description:  In this expansion of the 2017 commencement speech she gave at her hometown Langley High, Lauren Graham, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood, reflects on growing up, pursuing your dreams, and living in the here and now. “Whatever…

  • Book Mail: THE DARKLING BRIDE by Laura Andersen

    Book Mail: THE DARKLING BRIDE by Laura Andersen

    Thank you so much to Random House and Ballantine Books for sending this gorgeous free copy! This looks fantastic and I cannot wait to read it! SYNOPSIS:  The Gallagher family has called Deeprath Castle home for seven hundred years. Nestled in the Wicklow Mountains of Ireland, the estate is now slated to become a public…

  • Book Mail: ALL THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS by Elizabeth J. Church & THE GIRLS IN THE PICTURE by Melanie Benjamin

    Book Mail: ALL THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS by Elizabeth J. Church & THE GIRLS IN THE PICTURE by Melanie Benjamin

    Thank you so much Random House for sending me these gorgeous copies! The are STUNNING and look incredible! I will leave the synopses below.  ALL THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS:  A powerful novel about a gutsy showgirl who tries to conquer her past amongst the glamour of 1960s Las Vegas—and finds unexpected fortune, friendship, and love. It…

  • Book Mail: SONG OF A CAPTIVE BIRD by Jasmin Darznik

    Book Mail: SONG OF A CAPTIVE BIRD by Jasmin Darznik

    Many thanks to Random House for sending me this lovely free copy! The cover is BEAUTIFUL and I cannot wait to read it! SYNOPSIS:  A spellbinding debut novel about the trailblazing Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad, who defied society’s expectations to find her voice and her destiny   “Remember the flight, for the bird is mortal.”…