Shopgirls review

If you’re looking to experience the excess, glamor, and sex-obsessed times of the San Francisco singles scene, told through the eyes of a young woman, then pick up Jessica Anya Blau’s newest novel, Shopgirls. It is definitely rare for me to not have heard of a book...
Where the Rivers Merge review

Where the Rivers Merge review

Is it possible for a novel to change the way you view the world around you? Author Mary Alice Monroe has been writing environmentally-focused fiction set in the Lowcountry of South Carolina for decades. Told with much heart and a touch of humor, many of her novels...

The Other Side of Now review

Who among us hasn’t considered what our lives might have been like if we’d chosen a different path for ourselves? I love a good “what if” story, so when I heard the premise of The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbison, I knew I wanted to read it. This novel takes...

The Love Haters review

Katherine Center is becoming a go-to author for me. Her newest release, The Love Haters, is an excellent example of how to write a clever rom com novel with heart and depth. Katie Vaughn has had a rough year and is on the verge of things getting even worse when she...

The Blues Brothers book review

If you’re familiar with the quote, “We’re on a mission from God,” then you might be a Blues Brothers fan. The iconic movie featuring “Saturday Night Live” stars Dan Akroyd and John Belushi hit the screen in the early 1980s and has become a classic in the decades...