A little late this month, but I'm excited to share this one. Goodreads Synopsis: A riveting new novel about an indomitable young woman in Virginia during Prohibition. Most folk thought Sallie Kincaid was a nobody who’d amount to nothing. Sallie had other plans. Sallie Kincaid is the daughter of the biggest man in a small... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of September 2023
Goodreads Synopsis: A riveting tale of unfathomable success great joy deep pain, and redemption that can come only from above. From a working-class background in North Carolina to a job as a cook and club singer in Nashville to his "overnight success" with his smash 1986 album Storms of Life--which launched the neotraditional movement in country music--Randy's... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of August 2023
Goodreads Synopsis: Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing…Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Sixty-year-old self-proclaimed tea expert Vera Wong enjoys nothing more than sipping a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy ‘detective’ work on the internet (AKA checking up on her son to see if he’s dating anybody yet). But when Vera wakes... Continue Reading →
My favorite read of July 2023
Goodreads Synopsis: As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don't mingle and draw attention. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she's... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of June 2023: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
“Please try to remember that books aren’t always an escape; sometimes books teach us things. They show us the world, they don’t hide it.”― Sara Nisha Adams, The Reading List Goodreads Synopsis: Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in the London Borough of Ealing after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of May 2023: A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong
“Everyone needs things that serve no greater purpose than to make them happy.”― Kelley Armstrong, A Stitch in Time Goodreads Synopsis: Thorne Manor has always been haunted… and it has always haunted Bronwyn Dale. As a young girl, Bronwyn could pass through a time slip in her great-aunt's house, where she visited William Thorne, a boy her... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of March 2023:Thin Ice by Paige Shelton
"I knew I was keeping it together by only the thinnest of threads, but that was better than not keeping it together at all." Paige Shelton, Thin Ice Goodreads Synopsis: Beth Rivers is on the run - she's doing the only thing she could think of to keep herself safe. Known to the world as... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of February 2023: The Happily Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez
“This was just a season, and there's beauty in all seasons. Even if you are looking forward to the next one.” Abby Jimenez, The Happy Ever After Playlist Goodreads Synopsis: Two years after losing her fiancé, Sloan Monroe still can't seem to get her life back on track. But one trouble-making pup with a "take me... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of January 2023: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
"Imagine if all men took women seriously. Education would change. The workforce would revolutionize.." — Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry Goodreads Synopsis: Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of December 2022: The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner
"Sometimes what you want is given to you in a way that is so very different from how you had pictured getting it." — Susan Meissner, The Last Year of the War Goodreads Synopsis Elise Sontag is a typical Iowa fourteen-year-old in 1943--aware of the war but distanced from its reach. Then her father, a... Continue Reading →