News of the World by Paulette Jiles

October 18, 2016

Long before Paulette Jiles’ News of the World was nominated for the National Book Award, I agreed to participate in the book tour for the novel. It’s a small book, only 224 pages, but it’s a powerful story with sections that will remind readers of...

The Woman in the Photo by Mary Hogan

June 28, 2016

Elizabeth Haberlin is one of the most refreshing characters I’ve read about in a novel in quite some time. She’s a strong-willed, determined young woman who brings Mary Hogan’s entire novel, The Woman in the Photo, into focus. And, her story...

The Mapmaker’s Children by Sarah McCoy

March 07, 2016

I’ll admit I was one-third of the way through Sarah McCoy’s novel The Mapmaker’s Children before the characters caught my interest. It was the juxtaposition of the modern story in New Charlestown, West Virginia with the story of Sarah Brown, daughter...

The Ex by Alafair Burke

February 16, 2016

I finally read the book everyone has been raving about, and, it deserves all the accolades. Alafair Burke’s The Ex is a riveting story of a woman who is convinced she ruined a man’s life twenty years later. Now, she has the chance to try to save him one...

Whisper Beach by Shelley Noble

June 25, 2015

Shelley Noble’s Whisper Beach surprised me. I expected the typical summer book about women who reunite after twelve years, discovering romance and rediscovering friendship at a resort. It was anything but typical with a cast of characters that were grittier with...