Beach Read by Emily Henry

May 20, 2020

It may be titled Beach Read, but don’t pick up Emily Henry’s latest novel expecting a light, fluffy romance. It has its moments, but it’s a story about a woman grieving the loss of her father, and a man who is still looking for people to trust after...

Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb

April 12, 2020

Bess Kalb, an Emmy-nominated writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live! turns to a beautiful, sometimes moving, story of her relationship with her grandmother, Bobby Bell, in Nobody Will Tell You This But Me. She compiles records of their phone calls, stories told by other...

The Moonglow Sisters by Lori Wilde

March 04, 2020

Lori Wilde’s The Moonglow Sisters is the story of three young women and the influence they have on a small community, in good times and in bad. Perhaps I enjoyed it so much because I am one of three sisters. It may have been a little too philosophical at times,...

Meg & Jo by Virginia Kantra

December 02, 2019

If you’ve never read Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, and you intend to, stop right now. With Meg & Jo, Virginia Kantra succeeds brilliantly in bringing the book into the 21st century while maintaining the spirit of the characters. There’s...

Lies in White Dresses by Sofia Grant

September 24, 2019

Sofia Grant’s Lies in White Dresses takes readers back to 1952, and to a subject that I haven’t seen addressed in a novel before. Do you know about Nevada’s residency requirements for people seeking divorces during that time? It wasn’t always...