I really liked this excerpt.  The four women in the story became friends after meeting each other at the hospital as each woman had a parent who had cancer.  I liked that it showed the different ways everyone grieves.  This sample drew me in and before I knew it, I was finished!  I can't wait for the entire book.  Thank you to Netgalley and Kensington for the excerpt.

This is a story about grief and how different individuals cope with the loss of parent. As it is just an excerpt, it is difficult to review it. But I have to say this: as the book deals with a heavy subject matter, the author must build excellent character development. Generally speaking, the chapters that I read seemed interesting. Good cover!

Thank you to Netgalley and Kensington Books for providing me a sample of The Sunday Potluck Club by Melissa Storm! 

This little sample was so so good and sucked me in the moment I read the first sentence. This story follows four women who all met in the hospital while they cared for their parents who happened to all have cancer. They each have gone through the grieving process differently and no matter how different they are from one another they make sure to be there for each other. What I love most is that I can feel all the feelings they feel and to me that makes such a great book. 

I look forward to reading the rest of this book once it is released in its entirety.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books for the advance copy excerpt in exchange for an honest review.

The Sunday Potluck Club is about a group of friends in Alaska who met under the worst kind of circumstances- each had a parent in the cancer ward of the hospital.  During their time in the hospital, they all found one another and built friendships over their shared experiences.

The main character, Amy, is the motherly and level headed one of the group.  Which is why it is so hard for the other women to see that she is not handling her life without her mother well.  Not only is she trying to adapt to this new life, when she finally returns to work as a teacher she is met by a student who won't speak and then on her way home she gets into a car accident!  

Will Amy's luck turnaround?  Will she ever see the handsome stranger from the car accident again?  Will we find out the story behind the troubled student?

I enjoyed how well thought out the characters were and how the story highlighted the difficult topic of loosing a parent.  Just from the first few chapters I can tell that this story will have great depth and heart-and romance!

Amy was written in a way that you can connect with her even if you haven't been in her exact situation.  You can feel the different emotions she must be going through and I found myself rooting for her even by only reading this excerpt. 

The only thing I am disappointed about is how I have to wait until 2020 to find out what happens!

This excerpt was a cute little story about how four friends- Amy, Nichole, Hazel and Bridget- formed a bonding friendship while dealing with their hard situations at a hospital.  I look forward to reading the full book when it is released.  Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this excerpt.

I read a preview of this book, and so far it does not disappoint. Four women (Amy, Bridget, Nichole, and Hazel) are interconnected in one of the worst possible ways, their parents having cancer. What the preview showed left me wanting more. What will become of these four women? Will they remain friends or will their friendship slowly fizzle out? We get a glimpse at how each one is differently affected by their ordeal and how their situations may have possibly changed who they are. I can't wait to read the full book so I can see how this story plays out.

Although this is just an excerpt from the book it drew me in almost immediately. The situation is both unique and far too common,. I love that the ladies have found their tribe through tragedy. I also love the different expressions of grief and the acknowledgement of validity. I think thats a rare thing but its important. I'm pretty excited to see where this one goes!! Its definitely been added to my TBR!

Thanks to Netgalley and the Publishers for allowing me this sneakpeak into what I am sure will be a wonderful read!

A solid entry in the series. McDermid does not disappoint, always staying on the cusp of new technology and current events. Everyone is moving on in a new direction with Paula being showcased. Character development is moving right along as Tony and Carol' s relationship evolves. A favorite series.

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Amy Shannon met her friends are on a journey,  a journey that none of them want to be on.

The Sunday Potluck club follows Amy, Hazel, Bridget and Nichole.  They met when they were each supporting one of their parents through cancer treatment.  

The four women bonded, and the potluck club was born.  Every Sunday they meet and have a potluck meal.
The story opens, focusing on Amy and her return to work. We also find out more about the other members of the club.

I can’t wait to read the rest of the book and find out what happens to Amy and the rest of the club.

This is a story about friends meeting in the hospital cancer ward while each had been caring for a parent in the terminal stages of the disease. I could totally relate to this as I cared for my father. I loved all the connections I made throughout the book.

As each of the ladies tries to deal with their grief in their own way they are supportive of each other and lift each other up and toward healing, after their loss. I love how this story shows that there is no right or wrong way to grieve. We all find our way through and having support is a blessing. 

Thank you to Net galley for the galley of The Sunday Potluck Club  for an honest review.






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I enjoyed this preview and am looking forward to the release of the book! The characters are warm, the story-line pulled me in immediately. Friends who meet over their mutual despair over the death of a loved one, and the grieving women bond over food, tears, laughter and fun.

I was more interested to know more about Trent and Olivia then her friends. I wonder if Olivia could be his daughter.

** received the first 59 pages from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review **

The first few chapters of this book were such a teaser and I am seriously SO excited to read the whole book once it’s released. 

This book is the story of four friends who meet in the oncology ward of a hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, all the primary caretakers of parents who are battling cancer. The book starts with the funeral of Bridget’s mother, the last death. Amy’s mother has already passed as well as Hazel’s father. The fourth and final friend, Nichole, was lucky enough to have her father’s illness slip into remission. 

The book discusses grief and friendship in such an eloquent way and I quickly became attached to the characters and their individual stories as well as how they could help one another to grow and deal with their individual losses.

The first few chapters have so much potential and I am eager to learn what happens to the four friends. I will definitely be picking up a full copy when Sunday Night Potluck Club is released.

Because of a computer error I ended up posting the a review for a different book here. I will post a correct one once I finish your lovely book.

This story starts out very heavy with the death of Amy’s mother from brain cancer. The tone is heavy with bits of humor mixed in. However it felt sad, but relatable for many. I really enjoyed the aspect of Amy being a teacher and the shy girl, Olivia, she meets on the first day. As a teacher I was able to imagine that scenario and put myself in her shoes. I’m hoping as we learn more about these four friends the story will become more light hearted and explore their growing and changing identities and relationships.

Absolutely loved the preview of this book. We meet four individuals whose friendship was born during a time of great hardship and loss. Each of their lives changed forever by the challenge of loving and caring for a parent with cancer. A story thus far about grief, friendship and how we move forward from such incredible losses. Looking forward to reading this one when it comes out in the spring of 2020.

This review is based on an excerpt of the novel. The full novel will be published in March 2020. 

This might be a really lovely novel. The excerpt introduces four friends who met at a cancer ward and lost a loved one to cancer. Amy, the main character, is struggling quite hard after losing her mother to cancer, especially since the disease changed her mother's personality. 

It's a book about grief, about rebuilding your life after you have lost an important person in your life.

This excerpt left me wanting more. I liked the humor intertwined in the text, and the friendships were amazing. It feels like the start of an engaging novel. I look forward to the full book.

This was a generous excerpt of The Sunday Potluck Club, with ten chapters I read through all in one sitting! I loved the synopsis for this book, and having all four of these women support each other like they did was so moving. The one thing I didn't enjoy in the ten chapters I read, however, was the main character herself. Of the four women, I actually found Amy to be the least interesting in both personality and job. Based on this excerpt, I'm not sure I'll ever be interested in Amy or her life, but I'd love for the full book to change my mind about her!

4 ’Bond’ Stars

A book full of jokes, secrets and heart. I think we have a winner here. And it really was amazing. Highly recommend it!