One Night Two Souls Went Walking by Ellen Cooney

December 06, 2020

Ellen Cooney’s novel, One Night Two Souls Went Walking is not an easy book to read, but it’s beautiful. It’s not easy to read about a chaplain’s loss of faith. How does a chaplain talk about the soul with dying people when she herself has lost...

Frontier Follies by Ree Drummond

December 05, 2020

Ree Drummond’s Frontier Follies was all I had hoped for in her memoir, the story of her family and life on the Drummond Ranch. I watch “The Pioneer Woman” on TV, but I watch for the anecdotes and scenes of ranch life. I don’t use her recipes or cooking equipment. I...

What Are You Reading?

December 03, 2020

Happy Thursday! I had a wacky Wednesday, so I’m hoping Thursday is a good day for all of us. Let us know how you’re doing. I hope you had a good Thanksgiving, even if you had one at home, alone, as I did. And, I had a great day, just what I wanted. What...

January Treasures in My Closet

December 01, 2020

There are a lot more January book releases than December ones. Are you ready to kick off 2021 with a variety of selections? Let’s check them out. Melanie Benjamin’s novel covers an event most of you have probably never heard of, The Children’s Blizzard of 1888. So...

Murder at Veronica’s Diner by J.D. Griffo

November 28, 2020

If you’re a fan of Janet Evanovich’s Grandma Mazur, imagine her times four. The Ferrara family, Italian Americans in New Jersey are “direct, loud, demanding, impatient, and tactless.” The four women love each other, but they yell their love as...