West With Giraffes
West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge weaves a real-life adventure with fictional characters into a charming novel. The story is based upon the 1938 journey of two African giraffes that […]
Where The Lost Wander
Where The Lost Wander is a historical romance novel set during an 1853 wagon train trip on the Oregon Trail. Author Amy Harmon’s vivid description of life during a wagon […]
The Moonshine Shack Murder
Diane Kelly’s new Southern Homebrew Mystery Series is about Hattie Hayes who comes from a long line of moonshiners in Tennessee. Her great-grandfather was arrested for selling hooch during prohibition. […]
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett is a noir crime story featuring hard-boiled detective Sam Spade. It was written as a 5 part magazine serial published from September 1929 to […]
The Flight Girls
The Flight Girls by Noelle Salazar wasn’t at all what I thought it would be when I purchased it as an Audible Daily Deal last year. From the cover, I […]
The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry made me realize I am much more of a prude than I admitted. I felt uncomfortable during most of the story. The book […]
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Erik Larson’s Dead Wake takes readers through the events leading up to the sinking of the Cunard passenger ship, The Lusitania on May 7, 1915, by a German U-Boat. Of […]
The Last of the Moon Girls
The Last of The Moon Girls by Barbara Davis has lots of great ratings on Goodreads with an overall rating of 4.18 out of 5. I really wanted to love […]
one two three
one two three: A Novel by Laurie Frankel is about the tiny town of Bourne (anywhere USA) that suffered an eco-disaster after a chemical plant diverted a river, then dumped […]
Born A Crime
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood is Trevor Noah’s 2016 autobiography. I had originally purchased it on Kindle, but my son told me I would enjoy it […]