🏘️🏘️🏘️🏘️1/2 Buckeye Patrick Ryan 451 pages Random House Publishing Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org As I have aged, I have found that my patience with character-driven novels has worn thin. I have eschewed many works of literary fiction in favor of psychological suspense, mysteries … Continued
💲💲💲💲 The Great Mann Kyra Davis Lurie Crown Publishing 302 Pages Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org This novel is an unabashed retelling of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald which takes place in a wealthy Black community in Los Angeles. I was not … Continued
Ring the Bells C.K. McDonnell 496 pages Transworld Published October 9th, 2025 🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅 Amazon | GoodReads Ring the Bells is the fifth book in the Stranger Times series, darkly humorous urban fantasy set in an alternate version of modern day … Continued
👻👻👻👻1/4 Forget You Saw Her Noelle W. Ihli 370 pages Dynamite Publishing Amazon/Goodreads/Bookshop.org In complete disclosure, I did not read any of the other books in this series. Then again, it was marketed as a standalone prequel. I do think … Continued
✍️✍️✍️✍️ Writing Creativity and Soul Sue Monk Kidd 240 Pages Knopf Amazon.com/Goodreads/Bookshop.org While I obtained an electronic copy of this book through NetGalley, I later received a copy of it in a Goodreads Giveaway. I am trying to get back … Continued
🚼️🚼️🚼️🚼️ My Daughter’s Baby Kate Hewitt 316 Pages Bookouture Amazon/Goodreads/Bookshop.org This is the second Kate Hewitt novel I have read. Kate Hewitt writes quick reads that explore family relationships with flawed protagonists. This was no exception. Quick synopsis: A rich … Continued
🧑⚖️🧑⚖️🧑⚖️🧑⚖️ The Widow John Grisham Doubleday 416 Pages Amazon/Goodreads/Bookshop.org I admit that it has been decades since I have read a John Grisham novel. I believe it was The Partner and I think I enjoyed it but was not bowled … Continued
🎄🐶🎄🐶🎄🐶🎄🐶 And to All a Good Bite David Rosenfelt 296 pages Minotaur Books Amazon/Goodreads/Bookshop.org This is part of a long mystery series about a semi (or perhaps the more appropriate word is reluctant) lawyer named Andy Carpenter who loves dogs. … Continued
🌲🌲🌲🌲 In a Distant Valley Shannon Bowring 258 pages Europa Editions Amazon/Goodreads/Bookshop.org This is the third and final installment of a series of character driven novel about the people of a community in Maine, Dalton. While as I have gotten … Continued
The Golden Wolf Trilogy Shannon Meyer Glitter – 362 pages, published May 11, 2024 Gossamer – 394 pages, published Oct 31, 2024 Hikinks Ink publishing 🐕 🐕🐕🐕 Glitter and Gossamer are the second and third parts of the Golden Wolf … Continued