Malibu Rising
May 20, 2021
“Ain’t no party like a West Coast party‘Cause a West Coast party don’t stop” – Coolio True to form, Nina Riva’s party was a west
Unsettled Ground
April 26, 2021
Unsettled Ground is such an apt title for this book. The book, as other reviewers have mentioned, is unsettling. There is a sense of melancholy
The Music of Bees
April 25, 2021
Bees. Strangers. Friendship. Community. The Music of Bess (that cover!) is about three people who have nothing in common forming friendships with each other all
Libertie
March 30, 2021
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of
We Begin at the End
February 26, 2021
Self-proclaimed Outlaw, Duchess Radley is thirteen-year-old girl who must care for her five-year-old brother, Robin. She should be enjoying her childhood, going to school, hanging
Sing, Unburied, Sing
January 22, 2021
5 stars doesn’t feel like enough. How to describe a book that is both heartbreaking, sad, raw and yet hopeful all at the same time?
An American Marriage
January 22, 2021
Celestial and Roy are a young married couple who have a bright future. He has an executive with a good job, and she is an
Fighter
October 2, 2020
No one writes desperation quite like Michael Farris Smith. He writes characters who have given all they can possibly give, who have their back against
Desperation Road
October 2, 2020
WOW! Just WOW! For once I read a book slow. I savored this book. So wonderfully and eloquently written. Powerful book about loss, bad choices,
The Line That Held Us
September 30, 2020
“In that moment, he knew that he was standing in the midst of something that would never be forgotten, something he would carry from this