Top 5 Tuesday: All-time favorite books

Another Tuesday is upon us! This week, I'm busy reconnecting with my brother and his family, who came back to our hometown for a few days. This week's Top 5 Tuesday (hosted by Shanah at Bionic Book Worm) is actually a top 10 list, but I decided to stick with just five. "Little Women" by …

Top 5 Tuesday: Mind-blowing mystery/thrillers

It's been a loooong time since I've participated in any weekly book blogging "memes." This one struck my fancy and I just had to join in. Top 5 Tuesday is hosted by Shanah at Bionic Book Worm. This week's theme is mind-blowing mystery/thrillers. Here is my list, in no particular order: 1. "The Weight of …

REVIEW: “The Wolf Wants In” by Laura McHugh

"The Wolf Wants In" by Laura McHugh 272 pages Slated for publication Aug. 6, 2019, by Spiegel and Grau ISBN: 0399590285 My synopsis In the small rural town of Blackwater, Kan., a young man is found dead in his home, supposedly of natural causes -- but Shane Keller's sister Sadie is convinced that investigators need …

End of year book survey

Happy New Year's Eve! To wrap up 2016, I've filled out this year-end book survey I first discovered at Stephanie's Book Reviews. It is hosted by The Perpetual Page Turner. Number of books you read: 46 Number of re-reads: 1 Genre you read the most from: Historical fiction 1. Best book you read in 2016? …

The Jingle Bell Book Tag

I wasn't tagged in this one, but it looks like fun so I'm doing it anyway! Props to the creator, Richard @ The Humpo Show. "All I Want for Christmas is You" ... What book do you want to see under the Christmas tree? Honestly, I hesitate to name any one book ... there are just …

Book Traveling Thursday: A favorite 2016 read

Happy Thursday! It's time for another installment of Book Traveling Thursdays, hosted by Danielle and Cátia over at Goodreads. This week, we were asked to pick one of the best books we read in 2016. I finished quite a number of literary gems this year, but one of my favorites is Laura McHugh's 2015 debut, …

Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-me authors in 2016

This week's Top Ten Tuesday focuses on authors whose work I've read for the first time this year. As is often the case, my list is in no particular order. Please click on the book covers for reviews and/or synopses, and on the authors' names to learn more about them. Kathleen Grissom I read both of …

Meeting a favorite author: Check!

Last night my mom and I attended our first author event, featuring the incredible mystery/suspense writer Laura McHugh. This is something I'd been looking forward to ever since a date was nailed down earlier this fall. I'm a bit shameless in my admiration of Laura's work, and my friends and family enjoy teasing me about …

Weekend recap and some bookish goodness

Hey, fellow readers! I hope everyone's Monday is relatively drama-free thus far. This past weekend was both productive and enjoyable. I went out to dinner with my Jared and my mother-in-law on Friday. Saturday, I shopped with my mom for necessities and had some long-overdue mother-daughter time. Jared went shopping with his parents for World …

Rock the Goodreads vote

The clock on this year's U.S. general election is winding down (thank God). But that's not the type of voting I'm here to talk about – although I hope all my fellow U.S. bloggers will participate in the election if they haven't already. For those of you who don't use Goodreads or just haven't been …