207 Book Talk

I discovered author Rachel Lynn Solomon when voting for the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards. Her novel  Today Tonight Tomorrow   was a nominee for Young Adult Fiction. I read it and loved it, and was pleased to see she had an adult romance coming out this year called  The Ex Talk .  I ordered it a signed copy from Seattle bookstore Third Place Books , and got right to it when it arrived. The Ex Talk  introduces us to Shay Goldstein, 29, single, and in love with public radio. She works as a producer for a local Seattle station, and is not impressed with recent Northwestern grad, new hire, and rising star Dominic Yun. Of course, being a romance novel, the two are paired up to host a new show. The problem with this relationship show, The Ex Talk, is the premise that Shay and Dom are exes, when they have never dated and barely know each other. Neither is comfortable with the lie they will be telling listeners, but both are eager to have the opportunity.  As the bo...

Which new releases are you most looking forward to this year?  I have to be honest and say I haven't checked many lists to see what is coming up this year because I already have SO MANY books on my shelves and on my iPad waiting to be read that I am really trying not to add to the list. I know it's a losing proposition, but in the interest of space and my wallet I am trying to hold off on a deep dive in to what's coming up this year.  I do know about a few books I am looking forward to though. Here they are, in no particular order: Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas Out January 12, 2021 (from Goodreads) -  International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of  The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood. If there’s one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it’s that a real man takes care of his family. As the son of a former gang legend, Mav does that the only way he knows ho...