Truth bomb: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Irritating. I did not bond with Eleanor. I re-listened to the first couple of chapters, thinking maybe I just needed a fresh start. Two hours in (three with the re-listen), I was ready to DNF with 9 hours to go. I didn’t bond, ...
BOOK REVIEW: Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom Courage
I have high hopes for this novel, this series. I can literally hear their voices coming out of my head as I read, the lilt and way of speaking, the accents, all the things. I can completely see the house as they interact, but I could really do without the deadpan description of the setting and ...
BOOK REVIEW: The Shell Collector by Nancy Naigle
As we gear up to the May read for the Christian Fiction Reading Challenge, we have to go back to the beginning. Home no Matter Where is the 3rd book in the Shell Collector series, and just released back on the 5th. And since I’m a sucker for a series, here we are at the very beginning with The ...
BOOK REVIEW: A Brewed Awakening by Pepper Basham
Pepper Basham made me forget that I prefer a healing sunburn (oh, the itch!) over a romance formula. I used to read a lot of romance before my heart became cold and black, but somehow this is my first Pepper Basham novel. I have no idea how that happened, and I’m sticking to that ...
BOOK REVIEW: #sisterhoodoftheshortyellowpencils by Amber Weigand-Buckley
Sometimes you know a person who knows a person. Okay, often times. Maybe it’s a mechanic you can actually trust. Maybe it’s someone who can help with the technology you don’t actually understand, but need to work. And sometimes it’s a book you need to read. And that’s ...