The Incredible Winston Browne
The feeling you get while reading The Incredible Winston Browne is akin to the nostalgia you feel when watching The Andy Griffith Show. It’s a story about a small-town sheriff […]
The Living and The Lost
The Living and The Lost is the second book by Ellen Feldman that I have read. Like the first one, Paris Never Leaves You, this book is also about survivor’s […]
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur
The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi is the second of three books in The Henna Artist series. I reviewed The Henna Artist earlier this year. I chose that […]
The Song Book of Benny Lament
The year is 1960. Benny Lament is a talented and popular songwriter, who only wants to look out for himself. Esther Mine is a singer, looking for her big break. […]
Dear Mrs. Bird
Dear Mrs. Bird by A. J. Pearce is a World War II novel that revolves around letters. The main character, Emmaline “Emmy” Lake spends a great deal of time reading […]
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. […]
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 […]