by michelle | Aug 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Memoirs hold a special place in my heart after publishing my own in 2022.I was drawn to read Marinovich: Outside the Lines in Football, Art, and Addiction by Todd Marinovich for a variety of reasons, first of which is that I absolutely love football. I was unfamiliar...
by michelle | Jul 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
I love how memories show up for us on social media. My Facebook reminded me that four years ago today I was on a getaway with my sister during Camp NaNoRiMo working on my memoir, You are Not Alone: My Experience with Postpartum Depression. So if you have ever wondered...
by michelle | Jul 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Attention independent bookstore shoppers! My book is now available in Libertyville’s newest and cutest shop, About Time Bookstore, in the lovely downtown area. I hope you’ll swing by and say hi to Delanie and her staff, check out the local authors table,...
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...
