• In The Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce

    Camilla Bruce explores the life and crimes of a female serial killer, Belle Gunness, the Black Widow of La Porte, famous for being the first female serial killer in America. She takes what is known about Belle’s real crimes, imagines what Belle’s life might be like, and weaves a compelling fictional story in an attempt

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  • January was a great reading month for me. I had a couple of surprises with books I didn’t expect to love, and I did, and with ones, I expected to love but didn’t. This month I took a closer look at some things that interest me about the books I read and recorded them in

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  • Thrill Of the Week: For Better and Worse by Margot Hunt

    Getting back to my thrill of the week, I have one oldie for you all. For Better and Worse was another unexpected thrill for me but different this time. So what made this one a thrilling read for me? It was all in the delicious, dark pleasurable revenge story that appealed to that vigilantism while

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  • Winter Reading: The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley

    What makes this one a great winter read The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley is a charming, feel good story that is sure to warm you up on a cold winter day. What is going on between the covers. Anders, a young, ambitious journalist, travels to the remote Frick Island to cover

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  • Em by Kim Thúy: Gem of a Read 2022

    I wasn’t expecting to love the story as much as I did. Em is a little gem of a book packed will so much emotion. After only a few pages, my heart stopped for a minute as I took in the beauty of the words I was reading. Then I felt a rush of excitement,

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  • The Best Historical Fiction I Read in 2022

    The best of the best was one I read with Lindsay. We are always searching for that emotional pull we love from HF. It was a challenging year finding one that checked all the boxes for us, however, we did with The German Wife. The German Wife by Kelly Rimmer Historical fiction is my most

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