If The Shoe Fits
If The Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy is a modern and creative re-telling of Disney’s Cinderella. I can’t tell you how many times my daughter watched the 1950 classic as […]
Still Life With Murder
Still Life With Murder is the first of six books in the Nell Sweeny Mysteries series by P.B. Ryan. This novel starts just as the Civil war is ending. Nell […]
The Nature of Fragile Things
The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner is a mystery novel that takes around the time of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The author does a fantastic job […]
Fair and Tender Ladies
Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith is an epistolary novel consisting entirely of letters written by Ivy Rowe, starting around age 12 and chronologically going through her last years. […]
And The Three Winners Are:
Thanks to those who commented on my blog post Home Chef Comparison and Referral Code! While I didn’t state it in the blog, this was actually a GIVEAWAY, too. The […]
In Five Years
It’s fun to ponder the question “Where do you see yourself in five years?” After just finishing The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot, I thought it would be […]
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margo by Marianne Cronin is a heart-warming, funny, and sometimes tear-producing story of a unique friendship. It is a celebration of life and […]
Home Chef Price Comparison and Referral Code
Hi Readers, At the beginning of 2021, I stopped posting recipes, which seems odd for a website called “Books and Recipes”. I had several reasons, starting with the fact that […]
The Forest of Vanishing Stars
The Forest of Vanishing Stars is the second Kristin Harmel World War II book I have read this year. I enjoyed this much more than I did The Book of […]
The Girls With No Names
The Girls With No Names by Serena Burdick takes place in 1913 New York City. This was a time when women were mostly powerless. Several homes for wayward women were […]