Reviews + Articles
On Spine of Death by Tamara Berry
If you enjoyed the humor of Tamara Berry's Buried in a Good Book, you might want to catch up with the adventures of that quirky cast in On Spine of Death. Thriller writer Tess Harrow and her fifteen-year-old daughter Gretchen are digging themselves into the life of...
Winners & What Are You Reading?
First, before we start talking about books and what we're reading, I want to congratulate the winners of the last contest of 2022. Both copies of Santa's Little Yelpers are heading to Illinois. Carrie C. from Orland Park and Diane K. from Darien are the winners....
Happy Thanksgiving!
Although I used this several years ago on my Facebook page, it really does define Thanksgiving to me. It's a time to gather together with family and friends, if possible, and be thankful for the blessings bestowed on us. Although in the U.S., we associate Thanksgiving...
Royal Valentine by Jenn McKinlay
Can you tell I really only had time to read a couple novellas this week? But, Jenn McKinlay's Museum of Literature books fit the bill. In fact, the first in the series, Royal Valentine, was even better than the second. It's hard to beat a romance with New York City as...
The Attraction Distraction by Jenn McKinlay
Let's start the review of Jenn McKinlay's romcom, The Attraction Distraction, by saying that cover has absolutely nothing to do with the storyline, except there's a man and a woman in the book. There are serious Classics scholars on a hunt for a treasure on a deserted...
The Choice by Nora Roberts
What can I say? Nora Roberts' The Choice is a magnificent conclusion to The Dragon Heart Legacy trilogy. It's light versus dark, good versus evil. It represents every final battle in fantasy literature. Breen Siobhan Kelly, Daughter of Dragons. "Daughter of the Fey,...