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
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
Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. What is the worst that can happen if you could skip all the struggles in your life right now and jump ahead to The Good Part? That’s what Lucy Young wishes for one night after a … Continue reading The Good Part
Thank you NetGalley and Gallery Books for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. It’s 1939 and Elise is new to Paris. Recently married and an ex-pat, the artist enjoys exploring the city on foot, looking for inspiration outside of her renowned painter-husband’s shadow. One afternoon, these explorations led to a … Continue reading The Paris Daughter – releasing Tuesday!
Silvestre Swan has been the lighthouse keeper since the day it was built by the town. Mari Adams is a marine archaeologist known for investigating shipwrecks at the bottom of the ocean. Evangeline Devon is on a mission to find out the history of her family, and the truth behind several tragedies that shaped it. … Continue reading Swan Light
Happy official/unofficial start to summer! Now that we're past Memorial Day and it's the first of June, we can officially start looking forward to all the summer activities. For us, that means a lot of youth group events for my eldest (and a lot of late night pickups from those events for me!), and a … Continue reading May Review & June Preview
I cannot believe it's already May - that means it's just a few weeks from the official start of summer with Memorial Day, and only 2 weeks from my eldest child graduating high school! How are you doing with your reading goals? I set my annual goal at 104 books (2 books per week) and … Continue reading April Review & May Preview
Thank you to Kensington Publishing, GoodReads, and Marc Cameron for sending this book my way through a GoodReads giveaway! All thoughts below are my own. Arliss Cutter is a recent transplant to the Alaskan wilderness from the much warmer climate in Florida. A US Marshall, he’s an expert tracker and gunman, but he carries the … Continue reading Cold Snap
Halmoni always makes Lily feel so special. She allows Lily to help in the kitchen and shares her stories with the child. But when Lily, her sister, and mother all move back in with Halmoni, something feels off. It doesn’t help that a strange tiger only Lily could see appeared in the middle of the … Continue reading When You Trap A Tiger
When I think of my favorite childhood movies, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is high on that list! What’s better than a world made of candy: a river of chocolate, candy wallpaper, three-course meals in chewing gum form, and chocolate bars transported by television waves? Maybe winning the whole thing with a Golden Ticket! Amazingly, … Continue reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
