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...

Open Season is the first book in Box's Joe Pickett series. Joe is a Game Warden in Wyoming and he's underpaid, under appreciated, living in a house he doesn't own with his devoted pregnant wife and two little girls. And a dog (who I personally felt needed more...

This is a fun adventure as Kelcie discovers she's no ordinary girl, neglected by the human world, but someone with amazing gifts and a special purpose. When she learns about the 'Otherworld' and that she might be able to train as a warrior at it's special academy,...

Here is the first of my new, now-and-then recurring blogs on great book series I have found and loved. Of course, great series are found in all genres, and if you read my blog regularly you know I do read a wide variety of genres. But if I’m reviewing a great series...

This is the first installment of a new series, The Duke’s Lost Treasures, by Ms. Williams. But it’s far from her first historical romance and it definitely shows in this well written, exciting new tale of the three Wright sisters: Ella, Norah and Lena. The sisters...

When I first read this we were all living through the COVID-19 isolation/slow reopening and the accompanying shortages, stresses and, in the midst of it all, hopefully discovering new ways to make our lives whole. And now, as I post this review, the world is dealing...