Taking some time off from a stalled journalism career, Joanna never expects to be chasing another story in Faro, Portugal. That is exactly what happens when she enrolls in a … Continue reading 300 Days of Sun by Deborah Lawrenson [Book Review].
History of Bees by Maja Lunde [Book Review]
What is fascinating is the way Lunde compares the disappearance of bees, also known as colony collapse disorder, with the disintegration of family and natural bonds. This is a chilling speculative novel about what may happen if red flags about pollinators and the climate are ignored.
Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin [Book Review]
Sensible Alice always thought she would become a farmer. Even though she took a safe job in a county planning department, she always knew she would inherit the family orchard. … Continue reading Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin [Book Review]
Manic: A Memoir by Terri Cheney [Book Review]
Continuing where The Dark Side of Innocence left off, Manic is is a harrowing account of a woman's struggle with bipolar depression. In this episodic memoir, Cheney explains how the … Continue reading Manic: A Memoir by Terri Cheney [Book Review]
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. [Book Review]
Elsa believes what her family tells her--that she is weak because she suffered scarlet fever as a child. Elsa, however, soon proves her strength by helping her family survive during … Continue reading The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. [Book Review]
The Boy in the Field by Margot Livesey. [Book Review]
by Chantal W. The novel opens with an unusual discovery--a boy field has been wounded and left for dead in a field. Three teenagers comes across his body by accident … Continue reading The Boy in the Field by Margot Livesey. [Book Review]
The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth. [Book Review]
Fraternal twin sisters, Fern and Rose, look nothing alike yet they are devoted to each other. Rose takes care of Fern whose autism spectrum disorder often leads to sensory overload. … Continue reading The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth. [Book Review]
Flowers Over the Inferno by Ilaria Tuti [Book Review]
Set in the Italian alps, Flowers Over the Inferno, is fast-paced and chilling. Tuti comes from that region and she brings the fictional town of Traveni, a picturesque village that … Continue reading Flowers Over the Inferno by Ilaria Tuti [Book Review]
Yesterday’s Kin by Nancy Kress [Book Review]
Kress skillfully interweaves scientific facts about DNA and the genetic bottleneck, that occurred 70,000 years ago, with fiction.
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig [Book Review]
The Midnight Library is the perfect book to read in January.