by michelle | Jul 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by michelle | Jul 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by michelle | Jun 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by michelle | Jun 11, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by michelle | Jun 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by michelle | Jun 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Welcome to the lovely fictional town of Mallow Island, South Carolina, and a unique apartment building with eccentric residents, both human and otherwise. In Other Birds, author Sarah Addison Allen tells the story of Zoey, a recent high school graduate hoping to find...
by michelle | Jun 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Some books are hyped and win awards, but when you read it, you don’t connect with the story or the writing. Others you’ll read and realize are everything you hoped for and more. Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin fits into the second category...
by michelle | Jun 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you’re looking to be inspired, look no further than Live Like a Guide Dog by Michael Hingson and Keri Wyatt Kent. My good friend recommended this nonfiction book co-written by someone she knew, so I thought I would check it out. I have more time for audiobooks, and...
by michelle | Jun 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Historical fiction provides a wonderful way for readers to get lost in a different time or to learn about a real person, place, or event in an engaging way. Author Renee Rosen excels at this genre. With her latest release, Let’s Call Her Barbie, Rosen brings us back...
by michelle | Jun 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
