Celebrating a love of all things reading and writing
Title: The House of Eve Author: Sadeqa Johnson Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: February 7, 2023 Description: 1950s Philadelphia: fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising a daughter. But a taboo... Continue Reading →
Title: Atmosphere Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Publication Date: 6/3/25 Publisher: Ballantine Books Description: Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances.... Continue Reading →
Title: By Any Other Name Author: Jodi Picoult Publication Date: August 20, 2024 Description: Young playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. But seeing it performed is unlikely, in a theater world where the playing field isn’t level for women. As Melina wonders... Continue Reading →
Title: Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping on a Dead Man Author: Jesse Q. Sutanto Publication Date: April 1, 2025 Description: Ever since a man was found dead in Vera's teahouse, life has been good. For Vera that is. She’s surrounded by loved ones, her shop is bustling, and best of all, her son, Tilly, has... Continue Reading →
Title: The Women Author: Kristin Hannah Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication Date: February 6, 2024 Description: When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing.... Continue Reading →
Title: Project Hail Mary Author: Andy Weir Publisher: Ballantine Books Description: Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or... Continue Reading →
My favorite read of May 2025 is Igniting Darkness by Robin LaFevers, book two in the romantasy series Courting Darkness series.
Title: The Cuban Heiress Author: Chanel Cleeton Publisher: Berkley Publication Date: April 11, 2023 Description: In 1934, a luxury cruise becomes a fight for survival as two women’s pasts collide on a round-trip voyage from New York to Havana in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton's page-turning new novel inspired by the true story... Continue Reading →
My favorite read of March 2025 was Just For The Summer by Abby Jimenez.
My favorite book that I read in February 2025 was The Manificent lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki. It tells the amazing story of the woman who inherited a cereal empire and made it so much more.
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