Book Review: The Banned Books Club
The Banned Books Club by Brenda Novak gets off to a slow and awkward start. I regret that I didn’t read the Author’s Note before I started reading the book: […]
Category Archives: Book Review
Happy 65th Birthday, Susan Wiggs!
Y’all know that Susan Wiggs is my most favorite author. Her books take up two shelves in my library. It all started with a sticker on Enchanted Afternoon at Costco […]
Book Review: This American Ex-Wife
This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life by Lyz Lenz is a brilliant blend of memoir and research findings. Ms. Lenz eloquently sums up why […]
Book Review: Standing My Ground
This morning I woke up to retired Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn being interviewed by Jonathan Capehart on MSNBC. Officer Dunn’s next step on his path of public service is to […]
Book Review: Bright Lights, Big Christmas
Are you as sick as I am of Hallmark movies where woman perpetually ditch their highly successful, big city careers to move to a boring, rural, small town for some […]
Book Review: The Giver of Stars
If you are looking for a new author, I recommend Jojo Moyes. I’ve read several of her books recently, and The Giver of Stars is the most compelling. It is […]
Book Review: Dreamland
Today I’m breaking my policy of never writing a negative review of a book. Yes, Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks was that bad. I’ve been a Sparks fan for decades, but […]
Book Review: The Shadow Box
Wow! Y’all know that I seriously have to love a book to come out of retirement to write a review. It is another superb recommendation from retired librarian extraordinaire Susan […]
Book Review: The Tobacco Wives
It’s rare that I give a book five stars. The Tobacco Wives is Adele Myers‘ debut novel, and I read it cover-to-cover yesterday. The way Ms. Myers wove together disparate […]
Book Review: Second Chance Christmas
Second Chance Christmas by Lori Wilde is another superb recommendation from retired librarian extraordinaire Susan Chatfield Griswold. Isabella is fourteen and a new mother of a baby boy. Her beloved […]
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