How can we be halfway through the year already? This is a great spot to check on your reading goals for the year if you set an annual goal. I'm a little behind on my reading schedule - how are you doing? We really have read so many great books in such a short period … Continue reading June Recap & July Prompts
A Happier Life hits shelves today and your favorite local bookstore and I'm sharing my review from last month in its honor. Grab your copy today! Thank you NetGalley and Gallery Books for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Becks Saint James is legendary. Well, at least her dinner parties … Continue reading RELEASING TODAY: A Happier Life
Maggie’s whole world is falling apart. The guy she’s been dating is hiding something, the Big Apple restaurant job she loves isn’t quite living up to expectations, and now her mom and grandma have been in a horrible accident. Mom’s OK, but the matriarch of the family is in a coma and she is called … Continue reading My Magnolia Summer
Thank you NetGalley and Kensington Publishing for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Arliss Cutter has a reputation for tracking fugitives in the Alaskan wilderness. He can tell the direction of travel, determine if there are any injuries, and more just by observing their footfall and the surroundings. But when … Continue reading Bad River
Adair Colley is sitting in a damp, dark prison cell. Her family was ripped apart by the Civil War: her father beaten and taken away for being an enemy sympathizer, her brother fighting for one side, and Adair was separated from her sisters when another refugee family gave false testimony against her in return for … Continue reading Enemy Women
In a unique choice, this book will be releasing on Thursday instead of the usual Tuesday this week. Check out our review of Ladies' Day and grab your copy Thursday! Thank you NetGalley and CamCat Books for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Sky is a golf phenom – she’s … Continue reading RELEASING THURSDAY: Ladies’ Day
In 2019, journalist Ben Raines made international headlines for a story he didn’t just investigate and report, but for the mystery he solved. The Last Slave Ship to offload its human cargo onto American soil was the Clotilda in 1860 in the Mobile River delta. The importation of slaves had been an international crime for … Continue reading The Last Slave Ship
James Madison was a statesman well before his election as the fourth President of the United States. Kevin R.C .Gutzman’s biography James Madison and the Making of America recounts the personal turmoil and strength of character behind the early days of our country. Between his part in writing The Federalist Papers and his work in … Continue reading James Madison and the Making of America
I am a firm believer in giving books for celebrations - they are the gift that can keep on giving! Every time I read a favorite story, I pick up on different aspects of the plot and characters that give the story more depth. With Father's Day on Sunday, I thought we could look at … Continue reading Father’s Day Books
Two men in love with the same woman. A man coming to terms with his wife and daughter moving on and moving away from him. A family grieving so many losses but finding purpose in their pain. These are the three stories contained in Jim Harrison’s Legends of the Fall, a collection of novellas about … Continue reading Legends of the Fall
