This book starts like a Southern summer day – slow, steady and calm – until a body is discovered in a box spring – then hang on. The story is woven between a couple of small towns – where everyone knows everyone but might not always see connections. The two main characters, Pleasant, a 15 … Continue reading Pleasant Day by Vera Jane Cook
Letters Behind Bars: A Mother-Son Memoir by Cinnamin Herring and Benjamin Herring
Reviewing a book like this is always difficult. It's not a matter of whether or not you like the book. It is more a matter of the impact the book has on the reader. While this is not a fun read, it is a book that should be read. A story of resilience. Of life … Continue reading Letters Behind Bars: A Mother-Son Memoir by Cinnamin Herring and Benjamin Herring
A Look Back at the Best of the Best of 2021
Whenever I mention working with a new author, the first question my hubby asks is, "Is this a JK?" – Meaning Rowling and having a book that can explode into the market. Well this past year I may have found four! According to Goodreads in 2021, I read 122 published books. Add in about 30 … Continue reading A Look Back at the Best of the Best of 2021
The Language Secret: How to Learn a Foreign Language: Or. How to Speak 10 Languages. Badly by John Stedman
Living in Texas, Spanish is sprinkled throughout my world. I know just enough to get in trouble – a few key phrases that make people assume I know how to speak it, and they take off, leaving me in the verbal dust. As the New Year approaches, once again learning Spanish is on my list … Continue reading The Language Secret: How to Learn a Foreign Language: Or. How to Speak 10 Languages. Badly by John Stedman
Music Shall Untune the Sky by Lou Kemp
Imagine being dropped into a hurricane. That was my first thought when I started reading. Speeding along on a bullet train (ok it's a coal run engine and the train is named Elizabeth, but still!) and appearing mid-scene I was hanging on. It took just a short amount of time for me to start putting … Continue reading Music Shall Untune the Sky by Lou Kemp
Call Me Madeleine by Kate S. Richards
I have read other books by this author so when this one crossed my screen, I was intrigued. Since the author is a librarian, her books always have the authentic feel of knowing her audience. The main character is a young woman from New Zealand dealing with school, friends, parents, all the normal high school … Continue reading Call Me Madeleine by Kate S. Richards
The Sugar Skull by Manuel Ruiz
This is the perfect read for the high school/young adult – and even some of us way past that. It is on the scary side but a bit eerier. The main character is a 17 year old boy trying to keep not only his life together but also the lives of his family and friends. … Continue reading The Sugar Skull by Manuel Ruiz
Once Upon A Winter: A Folk and Fairy Tale Anthology – Various Authors
I picked this collection to read because of one author but I enjoyed the wide variety of authors and stories. Considering that this book concentrates on my least favorite season, I was genuinely surprised to enjoy the folk and fairy tale aspects. A few of the stories were a little scary but nothing to make … Continue reading Once Upon A Winter: A Folk and Fairy Tale Anthology – Various Authors
Ninety-Five by Lisa Towles
You may not be old enough for this reference but – remember books from the 70s that tried to explain drug-induced trips? Well this book has that feeling. With the main character experiencing drugs where reality and fantasy clash and the reader is left wondering, as is the main character, what is real. It took … Continue reading Ninety-Five by Lisa Towles
CHICKEN SCRATCH (The Sisters, Texas Series Book 1) by Becki Willis
I picked up this book a few years ago and it has patiently been sitting on my to be read shelf in real live paper form! Packing to take a trip, I threw it in my bag. Gosh, I wish I had not waited but I’m so glad I read it. It was a lot … Continue reading CHICKEN SCRATCH (The Sisters, Texas Series Book 1) by Becki Willis
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