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Wait For Me by Amy Jo Burns

Publisher: Celadon Publication Date: March 3, 2026 Length: 326 pages Elle Harlow lives with her family in the Appalachian Mountains. When her father is drafted to serve in the war, leaving them for an indeterminate time, Elle begins caring for her family. Life is difficult, and there are many struggles. Elle begins shadowing the local […]

Iris by Robert Veress

Publisher: Neverland Publication Date: December 12, 2025 Length: 166 pages I was contacted by the author, who had recently translated the book from Romanian to English. Frankly, I love reading books set in different cultures; you learn so much! We meet Iris, a young woman working as a courier. While on a delivery, she runs […]

Conversations on Faith by Martin Scorsese with Antonio Spadaro

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: November 4, 2025 Length: 128 pages I received this book from the publisher in exchange for a review. I review fiction. I have occasionally reviewed biographies of interesting people. I avoid reviewing political or religious books because both can be very polarizing. I keep my faith and my politics […]

Where the Girls Were by Kate Schatz

Publisher: Random House Publication Date: March 3, 2026 Length: 368 pages I received this book from the publisher for an honest review. A bright senior in high school knows that 1968 will be an amazing year. Baker Phillips is ready to step away from the confinement of living at home and spread her wings at […]

Annie’s Day by Apple Gidley

Publisher: Vine Leaves Press Publication Date: November 18, 2025 Length: 339 pages I received this book from the author for an honest review. I have previously reviewed the author’s book “Finding Serenissima”. Annie lived in Australia when WWII began. She and her two brothers lived on the family farm with their father. Annie never felt […]

The Sleepy Hollow Incident: Book Three

Publisher: Chamber Door Publishing, LLC Publication Date: November 18, 2025 I received this series from the author to review. Creepy house? Check. Demons? Check. Ancient symbols? Check. Blood sacrifice? Check. Gripping story? Double check. This is the third part of this mind-blowing creepfest created by P.D. Alleva. As this is the Third Book, you will […]

The Sleepy Hollow Incident: Book Two by P. D. Alleva

Publisher: Chamber Door Publishing, LLC Publication Date: October 28, 2025 This is the second book in the four part series ” The Sleepy Hollow Incident” by P. D. Alleva Please read the first book in the series before reading this one. You need to meet the characters, learn the background of the story, and understand […]

The Sleepy Hollow Incident by P. D. Alleva

Publisher: Chamber Door Publishing, LLC Publication date: October 7, 2025 I am so excited! Just in time for Halloween and all the spooky stories, P. D. Alleva has gifted us with a horror story so compelling you will stay up late because you just have to find out how it ends. It is fantastically spine-tingling, […]

Awakening Dawn by Nick Fetsch

Publisher: Independently published Publication Date: July 6, 2025 Length: 642 pages I received this book from the author in exchange for a review. This is a young adult book, fantasy, and the first of a planned series. Imagine waking in a field and not remembering your life. A young man wakes up in a field […]

Watching Over Her by Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Frank Wynne (translator)

Publisher: Atlantic Books Publication Date: August 28, 2025 Length: 416 pages I received this ARC from Simon & Schuster. After reading the marketing promo, it interested me. I am a big fan of historical fiction, the friendship of a man with dwarfism and a woman with an amazing memory during the onset of WWII in […]