Not Expected, a Book Review of IN FIVE YEARS by Rebecca Serle
https://www.rebeccaserle.com/in-five-years The back cover of this book reads, “an unforgettable love story, but it is not the one you’re expecting.” The book blurb plays fair with the reader. In Five Years isn’t a romance by any stretch of the imagination. This book...Book Review, The Enchanted April
Published in 1922, this novel continues to delight readers to this day. I took to the book in the early pages when nervous submissive Mrs. Wilkins latches onto the idea of a holiday in Italy. The villa was advertised in the Times to those who like Wisteria and...Book Review, Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Delia Owens’ debut novel, Where the Crawdads Sing is one of my favorite reads of 2018. It is a romance, a family saga, a coming of age story, and a murder mystery rolled into one, often poetic, book. Owens writes from a remarkable understanding of...Book Review, Prairie Fires
Prairie Fires Written by Caroline Fraser, Prairie Fires is a biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, her parents, grandparents and daughter couched in a history and discourse of the American frontier. The biography finds purchase in the final third of the...Book Review, Light in August
So a tiny brag, I usually stick to fun, light, genre fiction, the penny dreadful, but I try to read a bit of the hard stuff from time to time. Last month I listened to Light in August, read by Will Patton. Those of you who listen to James Lee Burke will know Will...About Me
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