Most book club plot discussions go one of two ways. Either everyone summarises what happened — pleasant, but not illuminating for people who read the same book — or someone spots a plot hole and the conversation stalls for twenty minutes. Everyone leaves feeling vaguely unresolved. Both conversations are valid. Neither one, however, gets at […]
A poignant unveiling of one family’s experience with Alzheimer’s and the toll it takes on all of them Cynthia Cook’s memoir of a family devastated by Alzheimer’s is touching, joyful, angering, and ultimately sad. With a combination of real and imagined narratives, plus text messages, and the reflections of a few sentient family heirlooms, What […]
A raw and candid memoir about going from teen mom to successful entrepreneur Jennifer Gauthier’s path to being the CEO of her own nonprofit was neither easy or linear; from becoming a mother at seventeen to working as an escort to make ends meet, her life has been unconventional to say the least. Her misadventures […]
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Darling Daffodils Farm by Brittanee Nicole
Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads Darling Daffodils Farm is a grumpy–sunshine, rivals-to-lovers romance set on a charming daffodil farm that delivers equal parts heart, sass, and spice. While this one started a little slow for me—and I’ll admit I was initially pretty frustrated with a few of the characters—the story really came together once […]
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Whidbey by T Kira Madden
There is something deeply unsettling about a stranger’s offer made casually over the drone of a ferry engine. When Birdie Chang boards a boat to Whidbey Island, fleeing the media fallout of another woman’s memoir about the man who abused them both as children, she does not expect someone to volunteer as executioner. But that […]
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Talismans by Craig P. Miller
A sweeping fantasy where power and survival collide in a vast, engrossing world You might think of Brandon Sanderson’s sprawling universe and intricate logical magical systems for your fantasy doorstoppers, but lately, I’ve been diving deeper into William Jackson Bennet’s Foundryside, where magic is almost like computer code but with a dark and twisted secret. […]
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El Señor by David Wall
A treacherous odyssey through Mexico riddled with violence, war, faith, and growth In a drought-laden California, a jumble of men are flung into a rescue mission for one of their daughters, kidnapped by a drug lord in Mexico, in El Señor by David Wall. Ivan Scarlett’s life is completely torn apart when he is fired […]
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Mistakes Were Made by Lucy Score
There is a particular kind of magic that happens when a romance novel refuses to stay in its lane. It starts as a fizzy, laugh-out-loud rom-com, and before you know it, you are crying into your pillow at two in the morning because a man has been secretly hiding dimes around his grieving sister’s house. […]
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The Idiot by Alexander Kuprin
The Idiot by Alexander Kuprin is part of his short story collection A Slav Soul, and Other Stories which was published in English in 1916. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. The Idiot by Alexander Kuprin The Idiot by Alexander Kuprin We were seated […]
Synopsis: Plantations filled the Antebellum Period and mansions the Gilded Age. Much is known about those who lived and designed them, little is known about those who built and renovated them. At the time, the public had their halls and theaters to discuss their issues, and the wealthy had their private auditoriums or ballrooms to […]