I received this wonderful novel by Fern Michaels from Between The Chapters. Lubbock native Anna Campbell is a vlog sensation. She has a site that has grown in popularity since she made her first post as a young widow. She has turned her success into a business that pays the bills and puts a roof […]
I won this e-book on Goodreads. It’s been a year since Edwin Green’s Black Sunday. On that particular Sunday, his recently famous girlfriend texted him to say that she no longer wanted to be his girlfriend. Understandably, he was devastated. A year later, still devastated. Edwin Green was a quiet unassuming sort of teenager. He […]
I received this book as an Advanced Reader Copy from St. Martin’s Press. Mallory Aldiss hasn’t been back to her childhood home in years. Twenty years. A phone call from an old boyfriend challenges her to return. Her father is failing – Alzheimer’s. Since she left, her sister Anne has been the one taking care […]
World War II began in 1939. In May of 1940, The House of Commons decided that the current Prime Minister wasn’t equipped to lead them during the war. Winston Churchill became Prime Minister. He is a legendary orator, credited with keeping the British people encouraged throughout some of the worst bombing ever experienced by anyone. […]
I won this book from GoodReads. This is the book that has introduced Gary Ponzo’s character Nick Bracco who will appear in subsequent books. In this initial offering, Nick Bracco is asked to help find a Kurdish terrorist who has a score to settle with the United States. This terrorist decides to fire missiles at […]
By C.W. Gortner Sarah Bernhardt is an icon of theater. She was born to a “demimondaine” who left her in the country in the care of a farmer’s wife for the first years of her life. When reunited with her mother at the age of 8 she had no formal education and few social graces. […]
Nina Garrity is a busy mom of two. She helps at the kids’ schools and is always on the go. Her husband, Glen, works a lot but he has a time-consuming job. Nina’s world turns upside down when her husband suddenly goes missing. His boat is found at the lake with the family dog and […]
I received this book as a Christmas gift and this is the first book by Kristin Hannah that I’ve ever read. I know it sounds crazy that I haven’t read any of her other books but it’s true! After reading this book I know that I will be reading more of her books. This is […]
Heather Morris has written Cilka’s Journey based on a character that she created in her prior novel “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”. Cilka is a Czechoslovakian Jew and during World War II she was imprisoned in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. As she waited in one of the inspection lines, she caught the eye of one of […]