Here’s a book I fell upon rather randomly. I’m not what they call a serious ‘Royal Watcher’, but like so many fellow Americans I’m sometimes curious what those British Royals are up to. When it comes to the members of the Royal family, they take their work for...

I’m a fan of podcasts. I have a few favorites I listen to in the morning while I’m getting ready, or during the day while I’m driving. They run the gamut from financial, world events, entertainment and one, Stuff You Should Know (check it out!), that’s just so...

  I picked up Pride and Prejudice earlier in the year, rereading it for the who-knows-how-many time. Then I kinda felt like reading Sense and Sensibility...which naturally led to Emma and after that a biography of Jane Austen, then Persuasion (one of my favs...

Most readers know Ms. Lowry for her book The Giver, and perhaps its sequels. Those books are generally considered teen or young adult, but younger readers often discover them too. They have that dystopian bent that is so appealing in fiction. They are relatable, and...

If, like me, you’ve always been a fan of the classic murder mystery, this book is for you. Think Agatha Christie, quaint English villages filled with charming citizens, each with a secret or two. And, of course, the manor house and its powerful owner holding sway of...

Mystery readers love nothing more than to discover a great new series with lots of books to dive into and the Molly Murphy series is just that. Molly is a poor, turn-of-the-century Irish girl. When a local aristocrat’s son makes unwanted advances, feisty Molly...

I’ve never been a big ‘fan’ of civil war books, fiction or non, but I heard Ted Widmer on a podcast talking about his new book, ‘Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington’, and I was hooked. Maybe because I do like historical books, but I also enjoy reading...

This second book in Lana William’s new Mayfair Literary League series did not disappoint. In both stories we meet members who take up the League’s ‘For Better or Worse’ challenge which dares them to find a way to make themselves visible to the gentleman they hold a...

I’m often hesitant about reading books with split timelines and include more than one leading character, or protagonist. I worry that the author won’t link the periods and people together well. I worry that there’s some big bombshell waiting to explode into the plot...