Category: Books
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A Betting Woman by Jenni L. Walsh
I’ve had this one sitting on my shelf for months now as it arrived during the summer in my Once Upon a Book Club box. This year has come with a lot of struggling to read the last few months and so it took me some time to get around to it. But I finally…
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Audiobook Lovers – Stop paying monthly fees!
Where are all my audiobook fans? With the pandemic giving me more time to listen to books, I’ve developed a huge love for audiobooks that I didn’t have before. I used to only listen during my work commute in the mornings and afternoons, but now that I have my whole day to myself to work…
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Most Loved Kids Halloween Books
My kids are SO ready for Halloween. There hasn’t been one day that’s gone by where they haven’t asked me at least one thing about the upcoming holiday. “When are we decorating?” “When will my costume get here?” “I can’t wait to go to such-and-such place!” It’s a never-ending spooky day conversation in our home.…
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When Blogging Isn’t a Priority
Just like any blogger, when life gets in the way sometimes your blog loses all of its importance. For me, that’s what happened this past month. Life threw some major curveballs at me and when it came down to it… reading, writing and sharing things had to be set aside. I had to remind myself…
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Clara by Suzanna J Linton
Talk about an epic read. I knew when I saw the description for this story that I would enjoy the adventure, but I had no idea I was going to be sucked into a whole new epic tale! The story of Clara is engaging and riveting. Taken as a young girl into slavery and enduring…
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Life of a Blogger
It’s kind of ironic when you start blogging about books and you think: “I love to read books and write reviews about them, so I should totally start a blog and do this.” But then you do and you realize just how much work it really is. Like hours each day of your time. Which,…
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The Sound of Violet by Allen Wolf
Soon to be a major motion picture! First off, a huge thank you to Morning Star Publishing for reaching out to me about this book. For those of us that read a lot of romance books, it is easy to get caught up in the formula we all love about the tension and suspense in…
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Vagabond by Mary A.J.
I wasn’t really sure how I was going to feel about this one in the first few chapters. It just had a strange feel in the beginning. But after that, I was consumed by this story and read it in two days because I was grasping at the need to know what happened. In this…
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Dovetails in Tall Grass by Samantha Specks
There’s a reason I love really well written historical fiction novels. It connects me emotionally with people from a different time in such a way that it doesn’t feel so very far from my heart. Dovetails in Tall Grass tells the story of two women in the years 1861-1862 as they experience the frontier settlements…
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On Home by Becca Spence Dobias
On Home is a breathtaking piece of classical literature in our modern framework. Using words to tell the stories of a family of women who have all struggled with their need to be loved, have a family and know who they are as individuals. The story is told from three different perspectives of the three…
Adventures in Literature 