Marisol just landed in Cuba on a mission from her grandmother – to scatter her grandmother’s ashes in her home country. What Marisol isn’t prepared for are the revelations about her family’s history…and the heartbreak she will experience along the way. Will she find the perfect eternal resting place for her grandmother’s ashes, or will … Continue reading Next Year in Havana
Is it getting cooler yet where you are? We've seen another heatwave here which had us retreat back inside again. While I can't wait to get back outside on the hiking trails, the heatwave gave me time to read some great books this week. We are reading books by Hispanic authors in honor of Hispanic … Continue reading This Week: September 15th
Thank you to the author for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Katie Young has had quite the year. After discovering her new husband’s infidelities and losing her mother during the COVID-19 lockdown, she moved home to the Potomac shores and her childhood home in Occoquan. The past few months … Continue reading Santa Overboard
The May family is on the way to a new life in Oregon. They are leaving in a wagon train tomorrow morning - the parents and all their children, including newly widowed Naomi. But today, they are exploring town, stocking up on the supplies they will need to survive in the wilderness…and making friends. Naomi … Continue reading Where the Lost Wander
George W. Bush is credited as saying, "...for those of us who lived through these events, the only marker we'll ever need is the tick of a clock at the 46th minute of the 8th hour of the 11th day." I have to agree. On September 11th, 2001, I was a 19-year-old college student, working … Continue reading Books for Patriot Day
Elsa and her grandmother have a very special bond. They go on adventures around town and visit magical kingdoms in their wardrobe. They even speak a secret language only they know. But Elsa’s whole world is turned upside down when her grandmother gets sick. What if the imaginary world was actually real? What if other … Continue reading My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry
Happy National Grandparents Day! I am so thankful for great grandparents, including a grandmother who instilled a love of reading in me. My grandmother was one of the first public school librarians in Fulton County, Georgia. She loved to read books aloud and helped me really connect with fiction through stories she created off the … Continue reading This Week: September 8th
Thomas Jefferson just acquired the Louisiana Purchase for the young United States and he needs someone to help map it out. Explorers and leaders have long wondered if the fabled Northern Passage really existed and the president has directed the men to find out, along with exploring as much of the new territory as possible. … Continue reading Lewis and Clark
Two days. 35 square blocks of businesses and homes destroyed. At least 39, possibly as many as 300, killed. 10,000 left homeless. Death in a Promised Land is Scott Ellsworth’s exhaustive look into the events leading up to, during, and after the violence over Memorial Day weekend in 1921. Later named the Tulsa Race Massacre or … Continue reading Death in a Promised Land
When I think of Fall, I think of high school Friday night football games, fall festivals, apple picking, hayrides, and curling up with a warm blanket and a cup of coffee watching the sun come up every weekend. It's about cozy vibes and warmth and the calm before the busy holiday season starts. This is … Continue reading September Theme: Fall
