So, you think you are settling into a nice and tidy little literary historical story. Then chapter 8 happens. And as you continue to read/listen, you get literary words and great historical details, but then there's more Chapter 8s that keep you hanging on to what you think you know, and realize ...
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BOOK REVIEW: How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior
Curmudgeonly. That's the word that Veronica sparks for me. Perhaps she's earned that moniker with age. Perhaps experience. Perhaps that's just who she always was. She reminded me of Eleanor Oliphant who I found completely irritating. But over time she grew on me. Getting to know her, her story, and ...
BOOK REVIEW: Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner
Huge shout out to the The Book Girls' Guide In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) Reading Challenge: 2026 Edition for introducing me to Susan Meissner with A Fall of Marigolds in February and then making me want to read more of her. Because come the March list we have this book and I could not have been ...
BOOK REVIEW: A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
Here we go with another installment for The Book Girls' Guide In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) Reading Challenge: 2026 Edition. Yes it was a February pick. Yes it's March. Just know these will always be a month behind, probably. As I go through the list of books each month I make my own list, ...
BOOK REVIEW: How to Change a Life by Stacey Ballis
Before we go to deep in this together I feel it is fair to warn you that this book is not christian fiction. I've reviewed mostly christian and/or Amish fiction predominately for several months but I've stepped outside that for this book. It's still a romance so I have that making it hard since ...