We read a lot of books this month! I really enjoyed a variety of our books from the Fall themes, as well as some of our holiday themed books like those about grandparents and by Hispanic authors. What was your favorite? This month, I reviewed 12 books - 6 audiobooks and 6 physical copies. Let's take … Continue reading September Recap & October Prompts
Sanna has been working hard to perfect her hard ciders in the attic of the orchard barn. Her family has lived here for generations and some of the trees only found here give off a unique flavor. Sanna is desperate to capture that flavor in her ciders, but her brother thinks it’s just a waste … Continue reading The Simplicity of Cider
Katie Ryan made a name for herself not because she’s the president’s daughter, but because she has an uncanny ability to predict an enemy’s next move. Just like her father. As much as she would like to work a job behind a desk as an analyst, her skill and persuasive ability has her back out … Continue reading Tom Clancy Defense Protocol
Clara is walking on eggshells. She’s tired of pretending to be someone she’s not and of hiding her feelings for the man of the house. But her job as the lady’s maid to Margaret Carnegie is what is giving her hope of saving her family back in Ireland. It also means that her feelings for … Continue reading Carnegie’s Maid
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
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
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
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
