Last year, I decided to write monthly reviews of the books I've read and I enjoyed doing that so much that I am hoping to continue int...

Perhaps you'll recall that last year, I had a challenge from a young friend.   To be honest, I thought we weren't competing this yea...

The Duke and I by Julia Quinn - I've never been a huge romance reader, but these books have come up several times and now there's a...

  Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey by Kathleen Rooney  - I loved this author's previous book, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk . Highly recomme...

American War by Omar El Akkad - This book broke me. Seriously. It was about a second American Civil War and a terrible plague. Published in...

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger - This was an extraordinary and beautiful book, heartbreaking and haunting. I honestly didn't ...

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall - Predictable and boring. I actually put it down a couple of times and then went back to it.  House on End...