Thank you NetGalley, Thomas Nelson and Zondervan Fiction Audio for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. When Gray left town a decade ago, he couldn’t imagine coming back. The town held his father’s crimes against him and made life so difficult, he couldn’t see a way forward without leaving for … Continue reading The Second Story Bookshop
So many of my friends have teens starting their senior year of high school in the next few weeks - does that include you? We have been talking about our own memories of those final days of childhood quite a bit lately, so I thought this week would be a great time to explore coming … Continue reading This Week: August 17th
Thank you NetGalley and Kensington Publishing for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. He seemed like a great guy. He was kind, smart, and good looking – and was paying her attention when no other guy seemed to notice. But there was something in the way he looked at her … Continue reading Ask for Andrea
Coral’s debut party is coming up and her father demands she perform the song he approved, but all she wants to do is talk about the sister she lost. Brooke just arrived at the rehab facility but all she can think about is her grandmother and how she does not want to be here. Amaya … Continue reading Coral
Happy Sunday, friends! Our house is dealing with all the expected first week of school things and preparing for the second week - homework, charging computers, washing uniforms, signing forms....and playing the "is it allergies, or did you catch something at school" game. Last week really ran us all down as we got used to … Continue reading This Week: August 10th
Thank you NetGalley and Victory Editing for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Bella’s had a pretty normal life, except that her boss at the advertising agency is a jerk and is making her life as difficult as possible. But when she keeps running into a hot guy from the … Continue reading The Pizza Man
The summer is coming to an end and our house is headed into back to school mode - are you? Our prompts this month honor the struggles that come with the busy running around that comes with this time of year. Quick books, fairytale retellings, and coming of age novels all feel right for this … Continue reading August Theme: Coral
When Rose arrived in Japan, she didn’t have any idea what to expect. When her father’s lawyer reached out after his death and said she had to come for the reading of the will, she hadn’t spoken to her father in decades. Now, here she was, on some preplanned journey her father crafted to learn … Continue reading A Single Rose
And just like that, summer is over for our house! Tomorrow, my youngest starts his first day of 4th grade and we are all so very excited for what this year has in store for him. One thing I'm not excited about? Less time to read - so much more time in the car running … Continue reading This Week: August 3rd
Thank you NetGalley and Harper Muse Audiobooks for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Lorna demands excellence from her team and they tend to deliver, but boy can they get under her skin. So much so that she writes letters to her sister making up insulting nicknames for them. Lorna … Continue reading Everything is Probably Fine
