👩🏫👩🏫👩🏫👩🏫 Anne of a Different Island Virginia Kantra 368 pages Berkeley Publishing Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org I confess that I cannot resist books that associate themselves with or are a riff off of another book, especially classics, even where I never read the … Continued
🤰🏻🤰🏻🤰🏻 She Took My Baby Steena Holmes 328 pages Bookouture Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org Trina and Rosalind, the two main characters, went through foster care together and have been friends ever since. Now, Trina is a nanny for Rosalind and both women became … Continued
👴👴👴👴👴 Theo of Golden Allen Levi 399 pages Atria Books Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org Theo of Golden is a person that most of us would like to meet. He is an elderly gentleman in his 80s who seems to genuinely care about people, … Continued
🤰🤰🤰🤰1/2 The Water Lies Amy Myerson 347 pages Thomas & Mercer Goodreads/ Amazon/Bookshop.org This is the first book I have read by Amy Myerson but it will not be my last. This was a gripping psychological suspense novel with well … Continued
🚗🚗 The Rest of Our Lives Ben Markovitz 216 pages Faber & Faber Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org This short novel will appeal to readers who enjoy character driven literature that use a stream of consciousness technique in its narration. This kind of writing … Continued
♀️♂️ ♀️♂️ ♀️♂️ ♀️♂️ The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Leguin 304 pages Ace Publishing The Left Hand of Darkness is a classic work of science fiction, which, at its best, uncovers deep truths … Continued
🕎🕎🕎🕎 The Matzah Ball Jean Meltzer 416 pages Mira Publishing Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org The Matzah Ball is a cute little romp through Hanukkah written by Jean Meltzer who specializes in cute. We meet Rachel, a young woman with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, an … Continued
🥾🥾🥾1/2 Emerald City Blues H. Lee Barnes 387 Pages University of Nevada Press Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org This was an interesting work of historical fiction if, for no other reason, the author, H.E. Barnes, is not a new author but his other works … Continued
🎭🎭🎭🎭 Meet the Mertzes: The Life Stories of I Love Lucy’s Other Couple Rob Edelman & Audrey Kupferberg 337 Pages Renaissance Publishing Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org Just to be perfectly clear, if you are not an I Love Lucy fan(atic), this is not … Continued
✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 Between Good and Evil Rochelle Alers 386 pages Kensington Publishers Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org I wanted to like this book. Don’t get me wrong; there WERE things that I liked about it. However, I think that while it did maintain my interest … Continued