Book Review: The Memory Keeper's Daughter The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards Genre: Contemporary, Historical Fiction This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: On a winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced by a blizzard to... Continue Reading →
Discover the Tiny Ghost Town of Mogollon in Calamity Canyon
Book Review: Calamity Canyon Calamity Canyon by Bo Mandoe Genres: Historical Fiction, Contemporary This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: When Fred Fredericksen first visited the ghost town of Mogollon New Mexico he had no idea it would be... Continue Reading →
Plenty of Teenage Angst in the Summer of Broken Things
Book Review: Summer of Broken Things Summer of Broken Things by Margaret Peterson Haddix Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult, Middle Grade This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: Fourteen-year-old Avery Armisted is athletic, rich, and pretty. Sixteen-year-old Kayla Butts is... Continue Reading →
Codependency and Family Secrets in Drowning Ruth
Book Review: Drowning Ruth Drowning Ruthby Christina Schwarz2000.Genre: Contemporary, Historical FictionThis article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: In the winter of 1919, a young mother named Mathilda Neumann drowns beneath the ice of a rural Wisconsin lake. The shock... Continue Reading →
Married While Intoxicated Proves Sweet, Humorous, and Good-Natured
Book Review: Married While Intoxicated Married While Intoxicatedby Fran Shaff 2011.1904.Genre: Romance, Short StoryThis article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: Ever do anything ill-advised while under the influence? Melinda and Matthew did. Stranded in a snowstorm, drowning their sorrows... Continue Reading →
The Rook: Unraveling Mysteries in a Supernatural Secret Society
Book Review: The Rook The Rookby Daniel O'MalleySeries: The Checquy Files #12012.Genre: Urban Fantasy, SupernaturalThis article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: "The body you are wearing used to be mine." So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when... Continue Reading →
Discover the Unbreakable Bond in The Travelling Cat Chronicles
Book Review: The Travelling Cat Chronicles The Travelling Cat Chroniclesby Hiro Arikawa Philip Gabriel (Translator).2012.Genre: ContemperaryKlorrie Cup Award Winner, #0010This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: Sometimes you have to leave behind everything you know to find the place... Continue Reading →
Exploring Mental Health and Friendship in ‘Anxiety Girl’ by Lacey London
Book Review: Anxiety Girl Anxiety Girl by Lacey London Series: Anxiety Girl, Book 1 Genre: Contemporary, Mental Health Awareness This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: One in four people will be affected by mental health issues at some... Continue Reading →
Small Town Love on the California Coast: Love By Design Series
Book Review: Return to Pelican Inn Return to Pelican Innby Dana MentinkSeries: Love by Design, Book 1Harlequin Heartwarming2014.Genre: Romance, ContemporaryThis article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: Her design scheme didn't include him!Struggling interior designer Rosa Franco and her twin... Continue Reading →
Mastering Loneliness and Love in Kokoro: Natsume Soseki’s Classic
Book Review: Kokoro Kokoroby Natsume Soseki Edwin McClellan (Translator).1904.Genre: Classic, Japanese LiteratureKlorrie Cup Award Winner, #0009This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase using the links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you! Summary: Kokoro, meaning ‘heart’, is a tantalizing novel about the friendship between a young man and an enigmatic... Continue Reading →

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