What Are You Reading?

September 07, 2017

I’m excited about the book I picked up at the library yesterday. It’s Craig Johnson’s new Walt Longmire book, The Western Star. I’ll admit, as much as I adore the author, sometimes the books are over my head. But, I love his story...

The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan

September 06, 2017

I don’t know if I can summarize Ruth Hogan’s debut novel, The Keeper of Lost Things, any better than she does on the final page. “It was a sweeping story of love and loss, life and death, and, above all, redemption.” For a little while, I...

Something Like Happy by Eva Woods

September 05, 2017

Do you remember the “Hundred Happy Days” project that was popular about three years ago? Now, take one miserable thirty-five-year-old and thrust her into daily contact with another woman determined to celebrate those hundred happy days. That kicks off Eva...

Murder on Pea Pike by Jean Harrington

September 04, 2017

How about a Southern mystery with a dash of sass? Jean Harrington introduces Honey Ingersoll, a young woman with street smarts, in the first Listed and Lethal mystery, Murder on Pea Pike. Honey has her dream job as office manager and sales agent for Eureka...

Morningstar: Growing Up with Books by Ann Hood

September 03, 2017

Author Ann Hood is only a few months older than me. As a lifelong reader, her memoir, Morningstar: Growing Up with Books, made me nostalgic for my adolescence. No, not for the adolescence itself. For the discovery and freshness and awakening brought about by...