Happy {early} Independence Day! For those of you with 4 day weekends to celebrate - I hope you're finding lots of time to do things you love this weekend...like read! Are you looking for a good book to help you get in the mood for the holiday? Here's a few I recommend! For the history … Continue reading Independence Day Books
With the start of a new month, it's time to review our reading for June! You'll notice, this only has the review - no preview for July. As I mentioned in our post earlier this week, our reading plans and ARC reviews are available exclusively for our Patreon community starting with July. You can find … Continue reading June Review
One of the biggest challenges for working parents is balancing commitments between the office and the home – kids’ activity schedules, work project deadlines, professional development, and travel for meetings all compete to find space on our calendars. Even when we make it to one event, our minds are often wandering to what’s going on … Continue reading Be Where Your Feet Are
Hi Friends! I have enjoyed getting to know you through our Social Media channels and comments on our blog the past 6 months. I have really enjoyed sharing books with you and talking about our favorites. Now comes the tough part no creator wants to admit: it can be expensive to run a blog. Between … Continue reading Introducing Patreon & Added Benefits for Subscribers
Thank you NetGalley and Tor Publishing Group for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Driftwood, Alabama, is an odd little town – at least to Ava. She’s standing outside the Magpie Coffee Shop watching the town movie around her. Ava’s not even sure why she came here – a mysterious … Continue reading At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities
The past few months have been a roller coaster for author Lowen Ashleigh. First her mother died following a difficult health crisis. She cut off her relationship with her on/off boyfriend, who’s also her agent. Then Lowen was offered the opportunity of a lifetime taking over a successful series from an author in failing health … Continue reading Verity
Ivy Neal moved away from home right after she graduated high school to make a name for herself in New York City. It’s been nearly a decade and she had a good run in the city’s restaurant scene, but when the woman who raised her dies suddenly, Ivy returns to her Outer Banks roots to … Continue reading The Brighter the Light
Solomon Northup has been living in Louisiana for over a decade – first on one plantation, then another. He wasn’t born into slavery but sold in a case of mistaken identity – stolen from his family and his life in New York. Northup hasn’t spoken his true name to anyone since his first days of … Continue reading Twelve Years a Slave
Edward Bloom has always lived a larger-than-life existence. Tall tales and dad jokes have become his trademark – something that has irked his family for years. But Edward Bloom can’t help it – even on his deathbed. As his son William works through saying goodbye to Edward, he asks the father for the truth about … Continue reading Big Fish
Most Americans don’t know the origin story of our national anthem. Some aren’t aware this started as a poem with no accompaniment, which was added later to aid in the sharing of the words. Few know it was actually one of many in the running to become our nation’s song until President Hoover signed a … Continue reading Star-Spangled Banner
