I look forward to making my summer reading list every year. People frequently have more time to read in the summer months, and I get a lot of requests for recommendations during that time period. I have combed through tons of books to find the ones …
Book guru extraordinaire Elizabeth Barnhill recently joined me on my podcast to talk about the books we feel make great book club selections. In this blog post, I list the books that we recommend with brief publisher summaries for each book. To lear…
Robin Farrar Maass’s new book The Walled Garden publishes May 17, 2022. Robin is a lifelong reader and writer who fell in love with England when she was twenty-two. She enjoys tending her messy wants-to-be-English garden, painting waterco…
Book mavens Pamela Klinger-Horn and Mary Webber O’Malley recently joined me on my podcast to talk about their recommended reads for Summer 2022. They both culled through tons of titles to find those that they believe are the best of the summer…
Connie Hertzberg Mayo’s new book The Sharp Edge of Mercy was published on May 6, 2022. Mayo came to Massachusetts to get a Literature degree from Tufts University and never left. She first learned about Thompson Island shortly after graduation…
The historical fiction genre is booming and provides readers with an escape from today's world and a glimpse into a different time period in history. Novels set during World War II remain particularly popular; there are still so many stories to be t…
Anna Salton Eisen’s new book Pillar Of Salt: A Daughter’s Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust published on April 26, 2022. Anna was a founding member and the first president of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. S…
Colleen Hubbard’s new novel Housebreaking published April 19, 2022. A native of New England, Colleen Hubbard now lives in the U.K. with her family. She wrote her debut novel, Housebreaking, while on maternity leave from her…
Aparna Shewakramani’s new book She’s Unlikeable: And Other Lies That Bring Women Down was published on March 22, 2022. Aparna is a lawyer who holds a J.D. from Vanderbilt Law and a B.A. from Rice University. The breakout star o…
There is nothing better than picking up a book and not being able to put it down because it is so engrossing. These ten books all grabbed me from the beginning and had me madly turning the pages until I reached the end of the story. I highly recomme…
Jody Hadlock’s new book The Lives of Diamond Bessie published April 5, 2022. Jody’s love of history goes all the way back to junior high, when she was a member of the Junior Historians of Texas—so it’s no surprise her first n…
There are countless mysteries and thrillers publishing in 2022 so I compiled this list of the must-read ones to help readers wade through all of the choices and to help them find the best books in the genre for this year. I have already read some of…
Caitlin Hamilton Summie’s new book Geographies of the Heart published in January 2022. Caitlin earned an MFA with Distinction from Colorado State University, and her short stories have been published in Beloit Fiction Journal, Wiscon…
March is Women's History Month, and as a result, this month I am highlighting books about fabulous women. This week I am focusing on historical fiction stories about strong women, both fictional and real. I put an asterisk by the authors that…
Kris Clink’s new book, Sissie Klein Is Completely Normal, published on November 9, 2021. Kris Clink is the author of Goodbye, Lark Lovejoy and Sissie Klein is Completely Normal, which have received praise from&nbs…
There are so many fabulous books coming out in Spring 2022, and I had a hard time narrowing down my list of the most anticipated and must-read books of this season. After much deliberation, I chose the 27 books that look the best across a variety of…
Heather Frimmer’s new book, Better to Trust, published on September 21, 2021. Heather is a radiologist specializing in breast and emergency room imaging. Her first novel, Bedside Manners, was published in 2018 and has received several awa…
January through March of 2022 is chock full of great historical fiction titles. I am highlighting my favorites that published in these three months – the ones that I have read and loved. I have interviewed or will be interviewing a number of t…
I love Nonfiction November. Over the past few years, I have started reading more and more nonfiction, and I have really come to enjoy it. For this blog post, I am focusing on memoirs that I have read and loved. And as always, please shop local or u…
Sherry Thomas’s sixth installment in her Lady Sherlock series, Miss Moriarty, I Presume?, publishes on November 2, 2021. Sherry Thomas is one of the most acclaimed historical romance authors writing today. Readers of Deanna Raybourn …
So many fabulous debut novels have come out in 2021. I highlight my favorites below including an Irish family saga, a new mystery series set in Texas, a novel by the Sleepless in Seattle screenwriter, a blistering satire, a non-Covid pandemic …
Juliette Fay's new book, Catch Us When We Fall, published on September 21, 2021. Juliette Fay is the bestselling author of five previous novels including City of Flickering Light and The Tumbling Turner Sisters, a USA Today bestseller. Other novels …
Liza Nash Taylor's new book, In All Good Faith, published on August 10, 2021. Liza, author of Etiquette for Runaways, completed the MFA program at Vermont College of Fine Arts and was a 2018 Hawthornden International Fellow. She was the 2016 wi…
So many great books are coming out in August. I am excited to highlight both the titles that I am looking forward to and the ones that I have already read. Several are by authors that I have read previously, and others have plots that sound appealin…