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...
by michelle | May 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
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,...
by michelle | May 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by michelle | May 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by michelle | Apr 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by michelle | Apr 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you are looking for a story to get lost in this spring, pick up a copy of the newly released The Page Turner. When Emma Page returns home following college, she’s expected to take her place in the family publishing business. The only problem? She doesn’t quite fit...
