★★★★★ I read A Week at the Shore when it first came out, prior to starting our blog. I came across some reviews that were less than kind and I thought, "What are they talking about? I loved this book!" So, I decided to reread it to see how I could possibly be so wrong,… Continue reading Becky fell in love with A WEEK AT THE SHORE
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Becky Fell in Love with FEELS LIKE FALLING
★★★★★ Have you ever felt like punching a character in a book? Feels Like Falling by Kristy Woodson Harvey evoked strong emotions for me. Gray worked hard to develop her company and her not so hard working, not so faithful husband wants to take half. But in the end Gray wins out and her life… Continue reading Becky Fell in Love with FEELS LIKE FALLING
DAISY JONES AND THE SIX might be Kayla’s new Favorite Novel
★★★★★ Book Summary Daisy Jone and the Six is a novel about the fictional band of the same name, formed in the late 1970s. Daisy Jones is young, beautiful, drug addled, dangerous, and full of raw talent with no proper training. Billy Dunne is an equally talented father of three who knows what it's like… Continue reading DAISY JONES AND THE SIX might be Kayla’s new Favorite Novel
Mystery Monday: Kayla read A MERCIFUL DEATH
★★★★ Book Summary Mercy Kilpatrick is an FBI agent who has been estranged from her Oregon-based, "prepper" family since a secret tragedy tore them apart her senior year in high school. She tends to keep to herself, both in her professional and personal life, and she never talks about her past. That is, until she… Continue reading Mystery Monday: Kayla read A MERCIFUL DEATH
Thriller Thursday: Kayla Read DEFENDING JACOB and It Hurt
★★★★★ Andy Barber has built a happy life for himself and his family. He is a successful assistant district attorney in suburban Massachusetts, he's married to the love of his life, and he's a respected member of the community. Then his fourteen-year-old son, Jacob, is charged with murdering his fellow student, and the evidence against… Continue reading Thriller Thursday: Kayla Read DEFENDING JACOB and It Hurt
Mystery Monday: Kayla’s Mystery pick this week is LOWCOUNTRY BOMBSHELL
★★★★★ One of my favorite mystery novels that I've read recently is Susan M. Boyer's Lowcountry Bombshell. It is the second novel in her Liz Talbot Mystery series, and this is a series that Becky and I definitely agree is wonderful! Liz Talbot is a private investigator who occasionally sees ghosts--well, at least one ghost.… Continue reading Mystery Monday: Kayla’s Mystery pick this week is LOWCOUNTRY BOMBSHELL
Kayla’s Review for HOW TO DEFEAT A DEMON KING IN TEN EASY STEPS–my first review for an audiobook!
★★★★★ Do you like videogames? More specifically, have you ever heard of a little game series called The Legend of Zelda? Well, Andrew Rowe certainly has, and he wrote this hilarious novel that both celebrates and parodies the series. It's a sweet little homage that tenderly yet consistently pokes fun at its source material. In… Continue reading Kayla’s Review for HOW TO DEFEAT A DEMON KING IN TEN EASY STEPS–my first review for an audiobook!
Kayla read THE PATIENT by Jasper DeWitt and has a lot to say
★★★★ Before I begin this review, let me first point out that this is a horror novel. I think it’s important that I point this out because some reviewers on Amazon and Bookishfirst seem to have missed that. I read a handful of reviews giving this novel one or two stars because it’s “not a… Continue reading Kayla read THE PATIENT by Jasper DeWitt and has a lot to say
BEASTS OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE is too good to be true
★★★★★ Ruth Emmie Lang’s first novel is one that every first time novelist should envy. As an English teacher, I can assure you that Lang’s use of imagery, allusion, parallelism and her overall prose is absolutely intoxicating. I’ll probably be quoting this book for a while! To say that this is a novel about a… Continue reading BEASTS OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE is too good to be true
MIDNIGHT AT THE BLACKBIRD CAFE hit Kayla right in the feels
★★★★★ First of all, I don’t often read this genre of “women’s lit,” mostly because it doesn’t include murder, but I’m trying to expand my repertoire. Also, my mother-in-law practically shoved the book at me after she’d finished it, and I’m so glad that she did. I have never before read a book that made… Continue reading MIDNIGHT AT THE BLACKBIRD CAFE hit Kayla right in the feels
A Couple of B's 