Tag Archives: Review

Megan and Kristin’s recent podcast about historical fiction films reminded me of a flick that is often admired by those who have seen it, if they have at all. On a not so scientific Facebook poll, about half of respondents (my friends) said that they had seen it. Nearly everyone …

Title: VerityAuthor: Colleen HooverPublication: December 7, 2018Publisher:  Hoover Ink, Inc.Genre: Romance, SuspencePages: 333 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete …

I was recently in a used bookstore in my hometown when I was browsing the fiction section of the store and saw laying on a shelf The Great Gatsby.  I immediately thought that it would be the perfect book to do a book to movie comparison.  I read the book in …

Title: Five Feet ApartAuthor: Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry, Tobias IaconisPublication: November 20, 2018Publisher: Simon & Schuster for Young ReadersGenre: YA Fiction, Teens, Pages: 288 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Can you love someone you can never touch? Stella Grant likes to be in control—even though her totally out of control lungs have …

Title: Hearts AbroadAuthor: Skye McNeilPublication: February 2, 2019Publisher: Hot Tree PublishingGenre: Women’s Fiction, Romance SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) When a fun-loving American nanny turns a millionaire British single dad’s world upside down, it’s inevitable life is going to get complicated. Taking a break from screenwriting in New York City, Londyn Bellerose takes a nannying …

Title: Texan Hearts (Lines in the Sand #3)Author: Lindsay DetwilerPublication: August 11, 2018Publisher: Hot Tree PublishingGenre: RomancePages: 364 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Join hot cowboy Levi and quirky author Jodie this Thanksgiving in a fun short story of heat, cringe-worthy families, and dramas of the heart. “You’re out of control,” I say …

Title: ProtectedAuthor: Claire ZornPublication: October 3, 2018Publisher: Sourcebooks FireGenre: Teens, YA FictionPages: 292 SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) I have three months left to call Katie my older sister. Then the gap will close and I will pass her. I will get older. But Katie will always be fifteen, eleven months and …

Title: One Small Thing Author: Erin Watt Publication: June 26, 2018 Publisher: Harlequin Teen Genre: YA Fiction, Teen Pages: 304

Title: Tots! Author: Dan Whalen Publication: May 15, 2018 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Genre: Cookbooks, Food Pages: 160

Title: Toward A Secret Sky Author: Heather Maclean Publication: April 4, 2017 Publisher: Blink Genre: Teens, YA Fiction, Fantasy Pages: 384