I loved getting back to Whelk’s Island, despite the fact that it started with a hurricane. Amanda, Tug, Paul, the entire community minus Maeve (sad face goes here). If you missed my review of the first book in the series, check it out at The Shell Collector. I switched to audio book for this one, ...
Fiction / Women
BOOK REVIEW: Child of the River by Irma Joubert
I think, for me, something got lost in translation with this book. First, the book was translated to English, then I picked up the audio version, and here I am feeling like I missed something big and broad. But I did get the smaller and important . . . I think. Set in South ...
BOOK REVIEW: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
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: 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: On Magnolia Lane by Denise Hunter
I stayed up entirely too late to finish up Magnolia Lane or ‘Love by Deception’. I mean, I knew that Pastor Jack and Daisy were going to get their happily ever after, but I didn’t realize the way it was going to play out. Yes, Pastor Jack chose deception to get close to Daisy, to let her ...