Twelve-year-old Sam starts doing research on the habits and behaviors of monsters and lists the facts: “Fact #1: Most people don’t know they exist.” Do we all have monsters living […]
Read MorePrize for the Fire by Rilla Askew is historical fiction from the time of Henry VIII. The period language caused me some initial trepidation. It needn’t have. Within pages, I […]
Read MoreThis book begins slow then blooms into a heroine’s story about a woman who fights depression, loneliness, and her own demons. Abandoned by her father, Ellie wanders aimlessly through life […]
Read MoreFrom the very first chapter, with its description of a road where “the dirt rose behind me in big clouds that showed yellow against the blue sky,” Loving the Dead […]
Read MoreI Meant To Tell You explores the toll that is taken when you keep secrets, and when you reveal them. The story is comprised of three women’s stories: the protagonist […]
Read MoreFinding Florence is a page-turner about a missing heiress and a family secret, but it’s far from a traditional detective yarn. Beneath the clues, threats, and hidden journals, it’s also […]
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