The Boys by Ron Howard & Clint Howard

November 09, 2021

The Boys by Ron Howard and Clint Howard is subtitled “A Memoir of Hollywood and Family”. Since, Ron Howard is three years older than me, it could just be titled a nostalgic look into the past. The brothers alternate telling the stories of their family and...

Summer by the Sea by Jenny Hale

August 28, 2021

Sometimes, a summer romance works beautifully as a palate cleanser. Jenny Hale writes romantic women’s fiction. Summer by the Sea might work for readers who are missing Dorothea Benton Frank. Hale takes readers on a nostalgic visit to the Outer Banks of North...

Gone by Morning by Michele Weinstat Miller

August 14, 2021

Michele Weinstat Miller’s debut crime novel, Gone by Morning, was good enough that I gave it a starred review in my journal review. It has such a great twist as the ending. Just perfect. But, it’s a difficult book to summarize because there are multiple...

Hill Women by Cassie Chambers

February 15, 2020

Part memoir, part family history. Whatever you want to call Cassie Chambers’ book, Hill Women, it’s a beautiful story told with love, respect, and pride. While the subtitle is “Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains”,...

The Lost Man by Jane Harper

October 15, 2019

I’m going to complain again today about the categorization of novels. Don’t get me wrong. I loved Jane Harper’s The Lost Man. She brings the Australian outback, with its heat and dirt and isolation, to life. But, a thriller? I wouldn’t...