It won't be long before the leaves start to change colors and one of my favorite seasons will be upon us - Autumn! I love watching the leaves turn orange and feel the weather turn cooler. This is the point in the year when my heart starts begging for a weekend in the mountains, too … Continue reading September Theme: Orange
Frances is an old woman – her memory and her senses both failing her. She spends her days laying in a hospital bed, tended to by nurses. While forgetful and confused about reality from time to time, there’s one thing that is crystal clear in her mind – that summer at Lynton’s. Her stay at … Continue reading Bitter Orange
I woke up this morning thinking we still had a few weeks left before Labor Day...but that's tomorrow! How are we already at the end of another month?! I hope you and your family are celebrating safely this weekend - we are spending some time finishing up projects around the house and reading lots of … Continue reading This Week: August 31st
Thank you NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Landmark for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. Being a housewife is not the easy job everyone assumes. There’s the cleaning, the shopping, the dinner cooking, and the child rearing. Plus you’re expected to be the epitome of arm candy at all your husband’s professional … Continue reading The Mad Wife
August was a tough month for our house - first full month of school and first illness during school kept us busy and distracted from our reading! We did read so many great books, but their full reviews may not have made it to the site. My goal is to get all of September's up … Continue reading August Recap & September Prompts
Florence’s whole world is crashing down around her – the perfect guy she’s been dating just stole her life story for next big book, her publisher gave her an impossible deadline, and her father died. Plus, now she has to travel home to the town that bullied her years ago when she helped solve a … Continue reading The Dead Romantics
If you noticed some missing posts the past week or so....I want to explain. Do you remember a few weeks ago when I mentioned we were playing the "is it allergies or did you catch something at school" game? Well....the smallest Barger caught COVID his first week of school and shared it with all of … Continue reading This Week: August 24th
Thank you NetGalley, Thomas Nelson and Zondervan Fiction Audio for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. When Gray left town a decade ago, he couldn’t imagine coming back. The town held his father’s crimes against him and made life so difficult, he couldn’t see a way forward without leaving for … Continue reading The Second Story Bookshop
So many of my friends have teens starting their senior year of high school in the next few weeks - does that include you? We have been talking about our own memories of those final days of childhood quite a bit lately, so I thought this week would be a great time to explore coming … Continue reading This Week: August 17th
Thank you NetGalley and Kensington Publishing for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own. He seemed like a great guy. He was kind, smart, and good looking – and was paying her attention when no other guy seemed to notice. But there was something in the way he looked at her … Continue reading Ask for Andrea
