Reviews + Articles
What Are You Reading?
Our first "What Are You Reading?" of the new year! Did you have time to read over the holidays? I hope you had time to spend with loved ones, and a little time to yourself for a book or several. I have two books to talk about today. One is a novel, and I'll review...
Scrublands by Chris Hammer
Debut novelist Chris Hammer takes readers to an Australia that might appeal to Jane Harper's readers. Scrublands is an atmospheric mystery set in a dying community, Riversend. The descriptions in Scrublands shows evidence of Hammer's journalist career. One...
February Treasures in My Closet
Nothing like jumping right from New Year's to February book releases. Let's jump right into those forthcoming books. Bree Baker follows up Live and Let Chai with No Good Tea Goes Unpunished. Evelyn Swan is catering her childhood friend's beachfront wedding, but...
Happy New Year!
It's time! Time to say goodbye to 2018, and welcome 2019. I ended the year on a high note, spending time with family in Ohio for Christmas. I've been home in early December, but this is the first time in thirty years that I was home for Christmas. I had a wonderful...
Favorite Books of 2018
Let's face it. I haven't started a book. I have plans for half the day on Dec. 30th, and there's lots of college football to watch. I'm ready to post my list of favorite books of 2018. My disclaimer is always that this is not a "Best of" list. It's just a list of...
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, Susan Jeffers
Since I already confessed I didn't read anything over the holidays, I'm going to share a gift book that I gave, thanks to a display at Parnassus Books. This is a reissue. Susan Jeffers' illustrations of Robert Frost's classic poem, Stopping By Woods on a Snowy...