July Reading Wrap-Up
July. What a month! On the bright side there was this: Me getting to see my mother after 18 months apart. She’s the person who encouraged my love of reading. And that’s about as much as I need to...
View ArticleOther People’s Houses
After a July of aggressively dark reading I gave myself some mental respite by starting August with two light backlist novels. I reviewed The Bestseller on Friday and today I’m happy to start the week...
View ArticleAugust Reading Wrap-Up
August, what a month for reading. Even better—not just quantity, but quality. All this despite the fact that I cancelled my second cataract surgery because I found the results from the first so...
View ArticleLessons in Chemistry
It’s the 1960s and you’re a brilliant chemist exploring one of the most elusive topics in chemistry—the chemical reaction that led to life. You should be at the forefront of the scientific community....
View ArticleKillers of a Certain Age
Before I dash into Thanksgiving week, I thought I’d review the kind of novel everyone needs when dealing with too much family togetherness and food. It’s Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn and...
View ArticleThe Queen of Dirt Island
The week Saoirse Aylward is born her father is killed in an accident, leaving her mother, Eileen alone to raise her. Their lives in a small village in western Ireland are at the heart of Donal Ryan’s...
View ArticleThe English Experience
I leaned into dark fiction last week so thought I’d give everyone a break and go light with the latest novel in a series I’ve thoroughly enjoyed. The English Experience is the third novel by Julie...
View ArticleMrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame
The trend of lighter reading has been working for me so I thought I’d wrap up April with one more charming novel. Mainly because it combined two things I really love: a favorite TV show and sumptuous...
View ArticleYou’d Look Better as a Ghost
When You’d Look Better as a Ghost opens Claire has just found out that a piece of her art has been accepted for a prestigious show. It’s only the next day that she gets another email from the same...
View ArticleI Hope This Finds You Well
Apparently, the reading gods have taken pity on me this fall because I’m on a roll with FUN, entertaining, reading. Case in point: I Hope This Finds You Well, a debut from Canadian author Natalie Sue....
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