This was a wonderful thriller touching on elements of paranormal without abandoning you in the world of fantasy. Pulley manages to capture your attention from beginning to end following the lives of four families through the history of one home and allowing us to piece together an explanation for some present activities. Following all fourContinue reading “Book Review: No One’s Home by D.M. Pulley”
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Book Review: The Girl Beneath the Sea by Andrew Mayne
I started reading this on the beach and found myself struggling to be drawn in. Mayne’s characters are well developed, and the plot moves forward at a good pace, but I can’t help feeling like something is lacking. The characters are all clever and the audience is particularly prone to enjoy Sloan and her ambitionContinue reading “Book Review: The Girl Beneath the Sea by Andrew Mayne”
Book Review: Little Creeping Things by Chelsea Ichaso
When Cassidy accidentally started a fire as a child, she loses her best friend. Taunted as ‘fire girl’ in her small town, she never seems to escape the reputation of tragedy and blame. When her archenemy goes missing, it is up to Cassidy to search and prove she is not guilty, in spite of allContinue reading “Book Review: Little Creeping Things by Chelsea Ichaso”
Book Review: Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Neff and Germer
This book is written in clips that are easy to understand and with lingo easily interpreted by the common person. It was refreshing to pick up a clinical book written by doctors that was applicable and practical. The exercises are challenging but achievable, and the lessons are kept short and to the point. Self-compassion isContinue reading “Book Review: Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Neff and Germer”
Book Review: Fallen Skies by Philippa Gregory
Set in a post-WWI England, we find the characters are developed fully and entertainingly as only Philippa Gregory can do. Gregory seems adamant in all of her books to produce protagonists that do not retain flawless qualities . This was intense to read due to the graphic nature of PTSD, the cruelty and reality ofContinue reading “Book Review: Fallen Skies by Philippa Gregory”
Book Review: Saints, Scholars, and Schizophrenics by Nancy Scheper-Hughes
After reading an excerpt of this in college (2003), I searched for 17 years for the actual title of this book to revisit. The lengths I went to were magnanimous, and in the end I was only a little disappointed. After all, 17 years of building something up in your mind is no low expectationContinue reading “Book Review: Saints, Scholars, and Schizophrenics by Nancy Scheper-Hughes”
Book Review: Remembrance by Rita Woods
I am not one for young adult reading, and this book treads the line on that genre. Received as part of the Once Upon a Book Club February 2020 box, I complied with the club rules and read diligently stopping only on the designated pages to open the gifts that coincided with the story. TheContinue reading “Book Review: Remembrance by Rita Woods”
Book Review: A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline
This story is based on Andrew Wyeth’s painting “Christina’s World”. Christina was a real-life woman that became Andrew Wyeth’s thirty year muse as he visited her again and studied her world. In this fictionalized memoir in Christina’s perspective, her disability (true) and family history of descendants from the Salem witch trials ensures her world willContinue reading “Book Review: A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline”
Book Review: The Last Letter from Juliet by Melanie Hudson
A feature of the Once Upon a Book Club February 2020 box, this book is guaranteed to leave all readers in a flux of emotion as we laugh and cry all at the same time. Truly heartwarming and uplifting, this story is one you will want to pass on to your dearest of friends asContinue reading “Book Review: The Last Letter from Juliet by Melanie Hudson”
Book Review: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
This romantic tragedy (once a banned book) tells a story in the third person via housemaid. The story of love and loss, cruelty, revenge, and returning to love we are taken on an unpredictable winding path of dissonance. Human behavior shines under the pressure of absurdity and depravity so unbelievable that we are forced toContinue reading “Book Review: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte”
Crutchprints in the Sand 