Reviews

  • The Saints of Swallow Hill by Donna Everhart

    What is going on between the covers Rae Lynn Cobb and her careless husband, Warren, run a small turpentine farm together. They are happy and have a good marriage, but tragedy hits when Warren’s carelessness catches up to them. Rae Lynn flees the farm, is on the run and applies for work at Swallow Hill…

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  • Winter Reading: The Spite House by Johnny Compton

    Winter has started here in my neck of the woods!! So I am kicking off my winter reading early this year with a future release to read on a cold winter night in February. Expected Publication date February 7, 2023. What makes The Spite House a great winter read? It is a great one to…

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  • Such A Pretty Girl by T. Greenwood

    What are some of the themes explore? Did the stories have me think deeply, challenge my thoughts, and see something different? Through themes that explore Mothers/Daughters, ambition vs. exploitation, and artist expression vs. obscenity, I began to see many things differently. T. Greenwood explores the often-flickering line between woman and girl. The story challenged my…

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  • What I added in September and October to my NG shelf Such a Pretty Girl by T. Greenwood I loved Rust & Stardust and, for some reason, didn’t read Keeping Lucy. I have added Keeping Lucy to my kindle and hope to read it soon. So when I saw that T. Greenwood had a new…

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  • Thrill of the Week: On a Quiet Street by Seraphina Nova Glass

    On a Quiet Street gave me the best kind of thrill, that unexpected thrill!! I was expecting little when I started this one, and I thought I would be throwing in the towel after a few chapters. The story begins with what seems like stereotyped characters and overused, harmful tropes for crazy wives and hysterical…

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  • The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell

    The Family Remains is marketed as a standalone sequel to The Family Upstairs. So did it work as a standalone for me? Unfortunately not; however, it can work as one. I did read The Family Upstairs, but three years later, I forgot most of what happened. I didn’t know what I should have remembered and…

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