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Laurie's Pick: "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" by Gabrielle Zevin
Sadie and Sam meet as children in the hospital and connect through their love of video games. Sam, whose foot has been crushed in a car...
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- Jan 26
Mariah's Pick: "Loathe to Love You" by Ali Hazelwood
Three adorable romances wrapped into one perfect package! Centered around a group of STEM-inist friends, we see all three women overcome...
- Jan 20
Maria's Pick: "Foster" by Claire Keegan
After reading Claire Keegan’s previous novella, Small Things Like These, one of my favorite books last year, I jumped at the chance to...
- Jan 13
Mariah's Pick: "Things We Never Got Over" by Lucy Score
Naomi had her five-year-plan set in motion until her life imploded and she ended up in small town Knockemout, Virginia, jobless and...
- Jan 8
Val's Pick: "Signal Fires" by Dani Shapiro
I adored Dani Shaprio’s 2019 memoir Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love so when I found out she wrote a novel in...
- Dec 30, 2022
Val's Pick: "Carrie Soto is Back" by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Taylor Jenkins Reid is quickly becoming one of my “go to” authors. From The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo to Daisy Jones & the Six, her...
- Dec 22, 2022
Maria's Pick: "We Are The Light" by Matthew Quick
Lucas Goodgame is the survivor of a mass shooting in which his wife, Darcy, was killed. Considered a hero in his small town of Majestic,...
- Dec 17, 2022
Debbie's Pick: "The Twist of a Knife" by Anthony Horowitz
The Twist of a Knife is Anthony Horowitz’s fourth whodunit featuring Detective Hawthorne and Horowitz’s fictional self and is the latest...
- Dec 10, 2022
Val's Pick: "We All Want Impossible Things" by Catherine Newman
We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman is a book about death, life, love, and friendship. Edie and Ash have been best friends...
- Dec 3, 2022
Mariah's Pick: "Kingdom of the Feared" by Kerri Maniscalco
(NOTE: This review has some mild spoilers for Kingdom of the Wicked and Kingdom of the Cursed. While the first book of the trilogy is...
- Nov 25, 2022
Debbie's Pick: "Musical Tables" by Billy Collins
Poetry distills ideas down to their essence. Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate of the United States and author of twelve books of...
- Nov 18, 2022
Maria's Pick: "Fellowship Point" by Alice Elliott Dark
Agnes Lee, now in her 80’s, is an author of children’s books and writes an adult fiction series under a pen name. She and her lifelong...
- Nov 13, 2022
Cheryl's Pick: "All Good People Here" by Ashley Flowers
After leaving Wakarusa, Indiana twenty years earlier, Margot reluctantly returns to her hometown to take care of her Uncle Luke who is in...
- Nov 5, 2022
Sami's Pick: "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen
In this retelling of the classic Billy Goats Gruff, readers will encounter a delightful, and at times, a bit dark, story of a troll and...
- Oct 28, 2022
Maria's Pick: "Our Missing Hearts" by Celeste Ng
Celeste Ng’s newest novel, Our Missing Hearts is set in a dystopian future where the US government, in an attempt to recover from a...
- Oct 22, 2022
Debbie's Pick: "The Bullet That Missed" by Richard Osman
The Thursday Murder Club has found a new case to investigate: the murder of Bethany Waites. Her car was pushed over Sherlock Falls, but...
- Oct 16, 2022
Maria's Pick: "Hester" by Laurie Lico Albanese
Set in the early 1800’s, Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese is a reimagining of the back story to The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne....
- Oct 8, 2022
Val's Pick: "Killers of a Certain Age" by Deanna Raybourn
Imagine you are enjoying a relaxing vacation on board a luxurious cruise ship. You look across the pool and notice four sixty-year-old...
- Oct 3, 2022
Dawn & Benji's Pick: "Small Town, Big Magic" by Hazel Beck
In anticipation of authors Megan Crane and Nicole Helm’s visit this week, I read their new book, the first in their Witchlore series,...
- Sep 24, 2022
Maria's Pick: "Lucy by the Sea" by Elizabeth Strout
Lucy by the Sea is the latest offering from one of my favorite authors, Elizabeth Strout. It is the fourth novel in her Amgash series,...
- Sep 18, 2022
Cheryl's Pick: "Nothing More to Tell" by Karen M. McManus
Nothing More to Tell by Karen M. McManus is a young adult novel about buried secrets that refuse to stay buried. Four years ago Brynn...
- Sep 10, 2022
Laurie's Pick: "Cabin Fever" by Michael Smith and Jonathan Franklin
When Holland America’s cruise ship Zaandam set sail from Buenos Aires, it was loaded with 1200 passengers and 600 crew members. Everyone...
- Sep 3, 2022
Maria's Pick: "The Many Daughters of Afong Moy" by Jamie Ford
I found this book fascinating as it addressed the topic of generational trauma, a concept that I have only heard about in the past few...
- Aug 28, 2022
Val's Pick: "Nora Goes Off Script" by Annabel Monaghan
Nora supports her family by writing Hallmark movie-like screenplays. After her husband leaves Nora with their two young children, Nora...
- Aug 20, 2022
Maria's Pick: "The Daughter of Doctor Moreau" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
A reimagining of H.G. Wells’, “The Island of Doctor Moreau”, this story, set in the mid-19th century, takes the viewpoint of the doctor’s...
- Aug 14, 2022
Laurie's Pick: "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" by V.E. Schwab
What value does life have if you can leave no mark? This is the question Addie LaRue faces after making a desperate deal to live forever....
- Aug 6, 2022
Mariah's Pick: "For Butter or Worse" by Erin La Rosa
Nina and Leo may work together on the set of a popular cooking competition show but their charm is decidedly OFF behind the scenes. When...
- Jul 27, 2022
Maria's Pick: "Horse" by Geraldine Brooks
I have always loved Geraldine Brooks' historical fiction so I was very excited to to grab her latest work, Horse. It was well worth the...
- Jul 22, 2022
Val's Pick: "Upgrade" by Blake Crouch
Ever since Blake Crouch’s book Dark Matter was published in 2016, he has been on my “authors to read” list. For some reason, I never got...
- Jul 15, 2022
Mariah's Pick: "The Dead Romantics"by Ashley Poston
Florence Day is a romance ghostwriter running from her past in New York City. When her father dies suddenly, Florence is forced to return...
- Jul 7, 2022
Teresa's Pick: "The It Girl" by Ruth Ware
Hannah Jones meets April Clarke-Cliveden during their freshman year at Oxford University. They have a group of close friends - Will,...
- Jul 1, 2022
Cheryl's Pick: "Nightcrawling" by Leila Mottley
Kiara and her brother, Marcus, are on their own. Their father is dead and their mother is living in a halfway house. After Marcus’s pipe...
- Jun 24, 2022
Maria's Pick: "The Dictionary of Lost Words" by Pip Williams
Until I read Pip William’s novel, “The Dictionary of Lost Words”, I hadn’t questioned how the first dictionaries were compiled. I...
- Jun 18, 2022
Laurie's Pick: "Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus
Elizabeth Zott is an accomplished chemist working at the Hastings Institute during the 1960s. Her male colleagues do not respect her, and...
- Jun 10, 2022
Debbie's Pick: "River of the Gods" by Candice Millard
We often learn history along a timeline: the Battle of Hastings, 1066; the Lewis and Clark expedition, 1804; the first person on the...
- Jun 4, 2022
Val's Pick: "Love & Saffron" by Kim Fay
If you’re looking for a novel that is short and sweet, please try Love & Saffron by Kim Fay. This book was published in February of 2022,...
- May 28, 2022
Maria's Pick: "The Foundling" by Ann Leary
This historical novel was inspired by the author’s grandmother, who had worked at an institution for mentally disabled women in the...
- May 23, 2022
Mariah's Pick: "Book Lovers"by Emily Henry
“Sometimes, even when you start with the last page and you think you know everything, a book finds a way to surprise you.” Nora Stephens...
- May 21, 2022
Debbie's Pick: "Underland: A Deep Time Journey" by Robert MacFarlane
In Underland: A Deep Time Journey, Robert MacFarlane takes the reader into the vast complexity of the worlds beneath our feet. These...
- May 14, 2022
Val's Pick: "The Summer Place" by Jennifer Weiner
There are a few authors whose books I will buy no matter what the book is about. Jennifer Weiner is one of those authors. I have been a...
- May 6, 2022
Laurie's Pick: "The House in the Cerulean Sea" by TJ Klune
Linus Baker is busy living his mundane life working as a caseworker overseeing the well being of children housed in government orphanages...
- May 1, 2022
Maria's Pick: "How the Word is Passed" by Clint Smith
“The history of slavery is the history of the United States. It was not peripheral to our founding; it was central to it. It is not...
- Apr 24, 2022
Cheryl's Pick: "Verity" by Colleen Hoover
Verity was the first Colleen Hoover book I read and, I must say, I am a fan! It is one of the best books I have read in a while. Lowen is...
- Apr 18, 2022
Val's Pick: "Gallant" by V.E. Schwab
Merilance School for Girls has been Olivia Prior’s home since she was left there as a baby. The only information she has about her family...
- Apr 9, 2022
Maria's Pick: "French Braid" by Anne Tyler
This is Anne Tyler’s 24th novel and once again, she is able to capture the quirks and complexities of family life in a way that feels...
- Apr 2, 2022
Laurie's Pick: "The Shadow House" by Anna Downes
The Shadow House is a terrifying and suspenseful thrill ride that compares the experiences of two mothers. Alex is a mother fleeing an...
- Mar 26, 2022
Val's Pick: "Recitatif" by Toni Morrison
I didn’t know that Toni Morrison had written a short story (her only one) until I heard “Recitatif” mentioned on a podcast. The...
- Mar 19, 2022
Maria's Pick: "Olga Dies Dreaming" by Xochitl Gonzalez
I love a story that allows me to step into someone else’s life, especially someone whose circumstances are different from my own. Olga is...
- Mar 13, 2022
Sami's Pick: "Ugly Love" by Colleen Hoover
This was the first Colleen Hoover book I read, and I just…wow! If you are a fan of romance novels but are looking for a book that will...
- Mar 5, 2022
Cheryl's Pick: "Run Rose Run" by Dolly Parton and James Patterson
What a great book! I never would have thought to team up Dolly Parton and James Patterson, but it works! The main character is a...
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