Picture it, Sicily 1922 ... I so frequently think that as I sit down to write a review of a memoir or biography. It's not Sicily, it's the Twin Cities. It's not 1922 however it is 19-something. A woman with a goal, ambition and a family that finds itself shrinking in ways that the woman never ...
30 Days of Gratefulness: Day 1
I'm somehow drawn to challenges. Song challenges, writing challenges, Sims challenges, just about any challenge. While tossing around blog ideas with my partner in crime the idea to do a monthly challenge came up. I was hesitant to move this to the blog but then tossed it up and said 'why not?'. ...
BOOK REVIEW: Breakwater by Catherine Jones Payne
Let's chat shall we? I want to talk about this book before I actually talk about this book. Honestly, I've never really thought about mermaids. Yes as a teen or early adult I watched 'The Little Mermaid'. Yes, if I wasn't older than a couple of decades I might remember a fascination or ...
Goodreads Monday
Goodreads Monday is a weekly meme hosted by Lauren’s Page Turners. To take part, you simply choose a random book from your TBR and show it off. Don’t forget to check out her blog and link back to Lauren’s Page Turners. I picked this book up a few years back at a library book sale. And it has ...
BOOK REVIEW: A Gift for Anne Marie by Kathleen Fuller
You know how I always, well OK sometimes, complain that a novella tries to be too much? I've been really lucky here lately with novellas understanding their amazing role in literature and stepping up to the plate in amazing ways. 'A Gift for Anne Marie' by Kathleen Fuller takes one for the team ...