Tell Me Everything
July 6, 2024
Elizabeth Strout has delivered another compelling, moving, thought provoking and gripping book. She has a writing that resonates with me. In Tell Me Everything, she combines
The World After Alice
July 1, 2024
Love, loss, family dynamics, marriage and secrets. The World After Alice is a character driven book about the events leading up to and years following the death
The Glassmaker
June 9, 2024
The Glassmaker is a captivating work of historical fiction that depicts one family of glassmakers living on Murano. It is a glimpse into the life of
Within Arm’s Reach
April 30, 2024
Within Arm’s Reach is the debut novel by Ann Napolitano. I began reading this book with some trepidation, as I was an outlier and did not
Wandering Stars
February 23, 2024
Wandering Stars is not a BIG book in terms of pages (336) but HUGE in what it contains. I have not read There There and plan on making
After Annie
February 15, 2024
Love, loss, grief, and living are some of the themes of this gripping, beautiful, moving, and heartfelt novel. Annie Brown died suddenly leaving behind her
Mercury
January 16, 2024
If you have not read a book by Amy Jo Burns, you are missing out. Seriously, you are missing out. What appears to be a
Let Us Descend
October 24, 2023
I am always awed when I read a book by Jesmyn Ward! Her writing is elegant, poetic, and evokes emotion. She has an undeniable gift
The Puzzle Master
June 14, 2023
“Puzzles are composed of patterns. They are meant to be solved.” Mike Brink, a football player, suffered a traumatic brain injury that caused a rare
The Memory of Animals
June 6, 2023
The world is experiencing a pandemic with traumatic symptoms such as memory loss, sensory damage, swelling, and death. The world is in desperate need of