• Spring/Summer Reading: The Bird Hotel by Joyce Maynard

    What is going on between the covers Hiding from a past she doesn’t understand, and trying to escape the pain from a tragedy, Irene finds herself at the beautiful but decaying hotel La Llorona. A place where a person can start off fresh, or anyone who wants to escape their life will find no better

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  • Spring/Summer Reading: Purely Escapist Books to Shake off the Winter Chill

    Spring has finally arrived!! However, we have gone right into some hot summer weather. Yippee! But only for a short time. It will still be inviting weather to read outdoors. As always, I have a paper list of books, and I am going spring right into my list for summer reading to shake off that

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  • Thrill for the week: Those People Next Door by Kia Abdullah

    In Kia Abdullah’s latest, Those People Next Door, she gives something slightly different from her other books. She still has written a thought-provoking psychological thriller and courtroom drama with her trademark twist, but she adds more drama to the story while exploring class, race, aggression, community dynamics, and neighbors misbehaving, and the underbelly of a

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  • Thrill for the Week: The Last Word and Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams

    There is no better thrill than starting a book without wanting to put it down. One that captures your full attention, that you pause everything and are so excited you are turning the pages as fast as possible to see how it all turns out for your characters. That’s what an excellent cat-and-mouse game has

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  • You Should Have Known by Rebecca Keller 

    What is going on between the covers After a fall that worried her family, Frances reluctantly agrees to move into Ridgewood Assisted Living Center. She is slow to make friends, and when she does, she is shocked to see someone she recognizes bring up a trauma that has devastated her family. Themes of aging, entitlement,

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  • Thrill For the Week: The Maid’s Diary by Loreth Anne White

    Over the years, there has been plenty of hype for Loreth Anne White books, and while I have been interested in discovering what that hype was all about, The Maid’s Diary is my first, and again, I seem to have started with the wrong one. I enjoyed this one; however, that overthinker prevented me from

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