The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits review

Musically themed novels have become a favorite of mine to read in the past five years, starting with The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto and then Daisy Jones and the Six. This subgenre of fiction is close to my heart, having grown up surrounded by music as the...

The Filling Station review

The night before Evelyn Justice is supposed to graduate from high school, her world turns upside down. Instead of celebrating her achievement with family and friends, she and her sister Margaret end up fleeing their home in the prosperous Greenwood District of Tulsa,...

The Story She Left Behind review

In 1927, under mysterious circumstances, a young mother flees her home, leaving behind a manuscript, a husband, and a now motherless little girl. The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry weaves together the tale of Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham (the mom, who was...

Everything’s Coming Up Rosie review

Sometimes it seems nothing is going your way and “fake it ‘til you make it” becomes more of a lifestyle than an encouragement to keep you going. In the upcoming novel Everything’s Coming Up Rosie by Courtney Walsh, Rosie Waterman has hit an all-time low as a...

Propagana Girls review

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction and even more interesting. Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS by Lisa Rogak gives history-loving readers the inside look into the lives of four incredible women who sought adventure and a life with purpose...