Taken from  Goodreads Title: City of Girls Author: Elizabeth Gilbert Format: Paperback, 496 pages Publishing Date: June 4th, 2019 Synopsis from  Goodreads: In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance. Her affluent parents send her to Manhattan to live with her Aunt Peg, who owns a flamboyant, crumbling midtown theater called the Lily Playhouse. There Vivian is introduced to an entire cosmos of unconventional and charismatic characters, from the fun-chasing showgirls to a sexy male actor, a grand-dame actress, a lady-killer writer, and no-nonsense stage manager. But when Vivian makes a personal mistake that results in professional scandal, it turns her new world upside down in ways that it will take her years to fully understand. Ultimately, though, it leads her to a new understanding of the kind of life she craves - and the kind of freedom it takes to pursue it. It will also ...

Taken from  Goodreads Title: Stalking Jack the Ripper Author: Kerri Maniscalco Format: Hardcover, 327 pages Publishing date: September 20th, 2016 Publisher: Jimmy Paterson Summary from  Goodreads: Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life. Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine. When her work on a string of savagely killed corpses drags Audrey into the investigation of a serial murderer, her search for answers brings her close to her own sheltered world. Review (100 words): This book blends a whole bunch of things that I hold close to my heart: true crime, historical fiction and young adult romance. The Victorian world that Maniscalco creates is one that you...

Taken from  Goodreads Title: Princess Mia Author: Meg Cabot Narrator: Clea Lewis Format: Audio CD, unabridged Publishing date: 2008 (originally 2007) Publisher: Recorded Books Summary from  Goodreads: A Princess on her own . . . Mia has been invited to speak at a gala for Domina Rei, an elite society of powerful businesswomen. But what could she possibly have to say? Michael has broken up with her, her bff Lilly won't speak to her, and her parents are forcing her to see a therapist. Even J.P.'s efforts to cheer Mia up (he's being really sweet!) aren't helping. Just when things couldn't get worse, Mia discovers a long forgotten diary of a teenage princess of Genovia. It could be just the inspiration Mia needs to write her speech but what it reveals might change everything. Review (89 words): I'll just say it like it is, I loved listening to this book. I grew up on the Princess Diaries audio books, and this is nostalgia at its finest. I loved how...

Taken from  Goodreads Title: American Royals Author: Katharine McGee Format: Paperback, 448 pages Publishing date: September 3rd, 2019 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Summary from  Goodreads: What if America had a royal family? When America won the Revolutionary War, its people offered General George Washington a crown. Two and a half centuries later, the House of Washington still sits on the throne. As Princess Beatrice gets closer to becoming America's first queen regnant, the duty she has embraced her entire life suddenly feels stifling. Nobody cares about the spare except when she's breaking the rules, so Princess Samantha doesn't care much about anything, either . . . except the one boy who is distinctly off-limits to her. And then there's Samantha's twin, Prince Jefferson. If he'd been born a generation earlier, he would have stood first in line for the throne, but the new laws of succession make him third. Most of America ado...