“The Look-Alike” by Erica Spindler At 18 years old Sienna Scott was the first to discover the body of a murdered student on her college campus late one stormy night on a secluded path she took home regularly. Sienna begins to question whether or not she was the intended target when she realizes the victim… Read More Book of the Month: July 2020
Happy Summer, Reader, and what a different summer it is. This is normally our family vacation week so my personal social media platforms have been reminding me of trips from years past. It’s made me miss “normal life” even more than usual. Traveling across the US or to another country seems like a lifetime ago.… Read More 2020 Books: 31-40
This year our vacations may have turned into stay-cations but we can still easily escape to another time or place just by picking up a book. For me the perfect “beach read” is a light-hearted, feel good story that leaves a smile on my face. For others, it’s a mystery just waiting to be solved… Read More 10 Books to Read on Your Next Beach Day
“Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine” by Gail Honeyman Simple social skills, casual friendships and the support of a family are all things we take for granted in day to day life but for Eleanor Oliphant these things are Mission: Impossible. For as long as she can remember she has been on her own. Bouncing from… Read More Book of the Month: June 2020
Here we are seven weeks after sharing my last 10 stack and not much has changed. We are still living life in quarantine, still living with so many restrictions, still wondering when the heck will we all feel safe being out in public again. Missing friends, family and take-out food more than ever! Our family… Read More 2020 Books: #21-30
“One in a Million” by Lindsey Kelk Annie Higgins is much too busy to think about love. Her new start-up company Content London keeps her schedule full. Luckily she is in it with her best friend since childhood, Miranda. The two, along with their friend Brian, are taking over the social media world one account… Read More Book of the Month: May 2020
“Lock Every Door” by Riley Sager Jules has never been so alone as she is now. With both of her parents now gone and her sister Jane, a missing person for years, still unaccounted for Jules doesn’t think she could slip any lower. That was until she lost her job and walked in on her… Read More Book of the Month: April 2020
Well things have certainly taken a turn since last I updated you with a 10 stack. “Normally” spring in New England for us means we trade in our hockey skates and cold rinks for sports fields that are only slightly warmer and usually very wet. School events ramp up as the end of year draws… Read More 2020 Books: #11-20
“Night of Miracles” by Elizabeth Berg Picking up right where “The Story of Arthur Truluv” left off, Lucille is living in the home Arthur willed to Maddy and her daughter, Nola, named after Arthur’s late wife. The trio formed an unlikely family before Arthur passed giving Lucille a Granddaughter in Nola she never thought she’d… Read More Book of the Month: March 2020
“A Murder in Time” by Julie McElwain Kendra Donovan, a young stand-out agent with the FBI, is working on a task force to bring down two of the most wanted players in an international drug ring. When things don’t go as planned on their raid Kendra decides to take matters into her own hands traveling… Read More Book of the Month: February 2020