A Bookish Holiday

"The birds preferred it, and to her, the birds were the point." ~Francine Mathews, page 25 The Summary: No-nonsense Nantucket detective...

~Jane Austen Indeed, Jane, indeed. And one--especially this reader--can never tire of books by or about this incredible author And Gill...

Natalie Jenner, the internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society, returns with a compelling and heartwarming story of...

"Being unladylike feels so...exciting." ~Juliet Tilney Claudia Gray's newest novel imagines a world in which the incorrigible Mr. Wickham...

Sarah Adlakha's debut, She Wouldn't Change a Thing (Forge Books, August 2021) is blurbed as a "mind-bending story" and for me it...

Happiest Book Birthday to The Perfect Guests! I'm so delighted to be part of the blog tour (my very first!) for Emma Rous and her...

Happy publication day! Friends, you're going to want to get your hands on a copy of The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett. This book is...

Everything about The Mulberry Tree (Candlewick Press, July 14, 2020) was lovely. It starts with that cover, which perfectly captures the...

You know what they say: "when one book closes, another one opens..." Fresh off my last exciting read, The Shadows (Alex North, Celadon...

Alex North has done it again! The man behind the successful The Whisper Man--a personal favorite--is at it again with his follow up...

The best books are like warm cups of tea: fulfilling, satisfying, brimming with life. And that's the type of book I got when I read Anita...

Candlewick/Walker Book has done it again. Katherine Orton's Nevertell is a lovely book and one I'd highly recommend for its lush prose...

Five bright stars! Everything about this book drew me in. I was first caught by the fleur-de-lis and hooked by the premise of a book set...

In 1995, six college students come together in a ramshackle house. They share a tenuous bond, sometimes getting along, but more than...

I've heard of Leslie Rule and her mother, Ann, but I've never read anything of theirs. After A Tangled Web, I think I will have to remedy...

What can I say about this one? Almost a week after finishing this one, it's still with me. I don't usually dwell on books for so long,...

Can you name someone "Internet famous?" I certainly can--having young kids means knowing the significance of the names Ryan, Blippi, Axel...

Though I certainly know her name, and her books have always been highly recommended, I've never read a Kate DiCamillo book before. That's...

What can I say except what a privilege to have been able to read an advance copy of Wild Life, the absorbing memoir from debut author,...

Like this year's release, Her Daughter’s Mother, Mother Knows Best (Crooked Lane Books, September 10, 2019) is another medical thriller...