Simone and Reed are making plans for the future. She’s been working on a statue for a memorial and it’s finally starting to take shape. He’s the newly installed chief of police on the island and planning for public safety over the summer vacation season. That is, until the first card arrived in the mail … Continue reading Shelter in Place
Category: Book Reviews
RELEASING TODAY: Summers at The Saint
Summers at The Saint hits shelves today! Grab your copy at our Bookshop.org page and read our full review below! Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Traci Eddings is getting ready for a big day – the season opening event at the St. … Continue reading RELEASING TODAY: Summers at The Saint
The Cactus
Susan is a strategic planner. She is efficient and thorough to the point of being considered quirky. All Susan wants is what she’s planned for years, but every turn these days seems to bring new surprises that do not please her at all. Her mother recently passed and the results of the will were completely … Continue reading The Cactus
The Patriots
Winston Groom may be best known for his novel that was turned into the 1994 blockbuster hit Forest Gump, but his works as a non-fiction writer deserve the same accolades. Focusing on American history, Groom has delivered great looks into wars from the Civil War to World War II. The Patriots is Groom’s investigative storytelling … Continue reading The Patriots
The Secret to Hummingbird Cake
Carrigan, Ella Rae, and Laine have been friends their entire lives. Softball, school, parties, and now adult life – nothing has broken them apart. Not even an affair that left them divided on the right course forward. But now they are facing the one thing that can end their triad – death – and learning … Continue reading The Secret to Hummingbird Cake
April Recap & May Prompts
What's that old saying? April showers bring May flowers? We definitely got our share of April showers here where we live - did you? Today we say goodbye to a month of Spring and flower related books and hello to books about moms. Let's take a look back at what we read in April: This … Continue reading April Recap & May Prompts
No Country for Old Men
Llewelyn Moss just walked straight into a nightmare. He stumbled on the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong – dead men, a truck full of drugs, and a bag full of cash. After taking the cash and hiding it, Moss returns to check on a wounded man he’d discovered, but ignored earlier. He finds … Continue reading No Country for Old Men
Summers at The Saint
Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Traci Eddings is getting ready for a big day – the season opening event at the St. Cecelia hotel. After years of being the place to be a member and spend your summer days, the Saint is … Continue reading Summers at The Saint
Horse
What do a Smithsonian scientist from 2019, an art lover from the 1950’s, and an enslaved groom from the 1850’s have in common? A race horse named Lexington. To the people involved here, Lexington starts as a skeleton, a painting, and a beloved partner. To the outside world, he’s just a Horse until you learn … Continue reading Horse
My First Summer in the Sierra
Over 150 years ago, John Muir trekked through the Sierra Nevada Mountains as part of a sheep herding adventure. While not his first trek or his first journal, My First Summer in the Sierra was a groundbreaking account that brought the beauty of the western forests to readers nationwide. Published in 1911, this, and other … Continue reading My First Summer in the Sierra









