Book Review!
“Carrie Ingalls The Forgotten Sister” by Clarissa Willis Caroline (Carrie) Ingalls was the sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder, who famously wrote children’s books about her childhood and pioneering days just before the turn of the 20th Century. Many people grew up reading these novels, like me, who got lost in the adventures of an…
Book Review
I wanted to love this story, but found it difficult to connect with the characters. It felt a bit detached, but I’m also not a swimmer or an Olympian, so that world felt far from mine. Alfred Nakache was a champion swimmer who overcame his fear of the water to a life in it. It…
Review of “The Book of Lost Hours”
What if humans learned of a way to transcend into time itself? What if time was made up of all the memories ever made, but those memories could also be destroyed forever? This tale begins in 1938, with a watchmaker capable of constructing timepieces that can transport the wearer into that realm. In a moment…
Book Review!
One usually picks up a guidebook and flips through the options to peruse the most appealing options to them. I picked up this selection and read it cover to cover with the sole purpose of providing a book review. I was pleasantly surprised. Kath Usitalo is knowledgeable about all the places listed here and…
Book Review of The Union Street Bakery
Daisy McCrae is still reeling from losing her boyfriend and her job. She returns to a world she walked away from, working with her adoptive family at their bakery. The feeling that she has never belonged feels even more apparent this time around. Things take a strange turn when an elderly woman gives her an…
Secrets at the Aviary Inn Book Review
Secrets at the Aviary Inn by MaryAnn Clarke Sophie Groenveld is abandoned by her boyfriend while on a vacation trip in York. Deep in denial, but determined not to call her parents to bail her out, she manages to secure a job at The Aviary Inn. The secrets that she discovers there will change her…
The Cupsnake Escape
Book 2 by Caryn Rivadeneira Frank and Luisa are back in this spooky tale about peer pressure, baking competition, and self-esteem. Frank and his friends are competing in a baking contest judged by Frank’s grandmother! This book addresses the stress of social influence and rumors. Frank’s inner dialogue is insightful and relatable. My kids will…
My Book Review of…
The Juliet Code Written by Pepper Basham Frederick and Grace Percy arrive in Venice for their honeymoon. When they run into Jack, an old friend and investigator, they are pulled into a mystery with all the accoutrements. Grace is delighted, but Frederick is apprehensive considering the dangerous situation they had just exited not all that…
Who We Are
Many of us never get the chance to face those who have hurt us. One last chance to express how we feel. Instead, we are left haunted by all the things unsaid, and feelings we weren’t allowed to feel. As we go into the New Year of 2024, take the time to feel those things.…
Book Review of Meadow Falls
by Carolyn Brown This story starts with a woman, Angela Marie, who has spent her whole life feeling unloved. She takes control of her life and sees love where she had it all along. Finding family, not necessarily bound by blood, but by the years of time spent together. I had a difficult time getting…
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