★★★★★ 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
★★★★★ Glory days. Ocean stars. Voices of departed loved ones speaking to you on an ocean wave. Old friends reunited. Unrequited love that ignites with a look, a soft touch, a kiss during a slow dance at a special high school hideaway. Sisters that were separated and find each other where they never thought to… Continue reading Becky read Joanne DeMaio’s SEASIDE SAGA and it is Magical ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
★★★★ 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
My high school English teacher (and fellow bibliophile) once told me to never buy a book unless I was hooked by the first five pages, and I've never been so HOOKED so quickly in my life. The story begins with our "lucky" first-person narrator, Margot, packing her bags to leave the girls' home she's been… Continue reading First Look Friday: Kayla Shares a her First Look at the Upcoming Novel, THE COMPANION
★★★★★ 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
★★★★ Down a Dark Hall is a young adult novel written by Lois Duncan (author of I Know What You Did Last Summer and Killing Mr. Griffin). The novel’s main protagonist and first-person narrator, Kit Gordy, is one of four girls chosen to to attend the illustrious Blackwood Hall. It’s not really clear why she… Continue reading Wildcard Wednesday: Kayla thinks Lois Duncan’s DOWN A DARK HALL is Shamefully Underrated
These days it seems that there is nothing Hollywood loves more than making books into movies or TV shows or musicals. Sometimes adaptations are great and give us a show like "You" that surpasses the intrigue of the original novel, but most of the time it seems that we end up with big-budget flops like… Continue reading Books you Might not Realized are being Made into Film
★★★★★ 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
★★★★★ 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!
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