Being from the Ozarks region of Missouri (that corner in the southwest part of the state for the uninformed) Jamesport isn't in my backyard. However, I have family in Trenton which means that I've have opportunities to visit the area, because that is backyard. I don't know a lot about the ...
Fiction
BOOK REVIEW: The Two of Us by Victoria Bylin
Have you ever read a book you really liked but somehow just didn't bond to? I mean the book is so well written with amazingly complex characters and a plot that keeps you engaged. A book that you couldn't put down it was just that good. But you don't bond with it. Perhaps I'm just romanced out. ...
BOOK REVIEW: A Place At Our Table by Amy Clipston
A young Amish volunteer firefighter who lives and breathes his family dairy farm and the fire station. A young Amish woman who works in her family's restaurant and lives and breaths her family life. Two broken families touched by grief. And two young people who find themselves falling in love ...
BOOK REVIEW: The Promise of Dawn by Lauraine Snelling
I'm just gonna say it. I really have a few mixed feelings about this book. I loved it, I wanted to love it and I kinda sometimes maybe didn't get it. Singe and Rune are an interesting couple with a great family and backstory of their immigration. I get that the meat and potatoes of this book is ...
BOOK REVIEW: Lies Jane Austen Told Me by Julie Wright
You know how when you sit down and read a book and then suddenly you reach the last page and you wonder where the time went? I mean, I know that there's hours invested in this book but where did they go? And how did it already end when you aren't ready? I also have to admit a couple of things ...