The Gypsy Moth Summer by Julia Fierro has been on so many lists of highly anticipated titles for 2017 that I jumped at the chance to review it for TLC Book Tours. This is Julia Fierro’s second novel. Her first… Read More ›
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Shiver Hitch by Linda Greenlaw
Shiver Hitch is New York Times Best Selling Author Linda Greenlaw’s third Jane Bunker mystery. The first was Slipknot (2007) and the second was Fisherman’s Bend (2008), both of which I read and enjoyed. Fans have had to wait nine… Read More ›
What do you want to be when you grow up?
A couple years ago I stumbled across Emilie Wapnick’s TED talk — “Why some of us don’t have one true calling” — and I felt like I’d found a soul mate. In that presentation, Wapnick talks about how she had… Read More ›
The Other F-Word by Natasha Friend
“That’s all they wanted, wasn’t it? Milo thought. To know where they came from? It wasn’t right, it wasn’t wrong, it just was.” In the 90s, test-tube babies, as babies conceived in vitro fertilization were called back then, were headline news and a huge… Read More ›
Patricia Cornwell Takes Another Stab at Jack The Ripper
RIPPER: THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER SICKERT by Patricia Cornwell hits bookstores tomorrow (2/28/17). Corwell is not the first person to pin the Jack the Ripper crimes on Walter Sickert (1860-1942). The work of several investigators before her lead to… Read More ›
The Dude Diet: Clean(ish) Food for People Who Like to Eat Dirty
I’m not much of a cook. Neither is my wife. We have some fancier recipes in our repertoire, but for the most part we like pizza, mac & cheese, dogs in blankets, etc. We’re both 50 year old women, but… Read More ›
Disappearance at Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay
I still haven’t gotten around to reading Paul Tremblay’s A Head Full of Ghosts, which seemed to be all over the bookish internet last year, but I plan on it. When I saw that his new release was going on… Read More ›