Review:The Summer Of Good Intentions
Wendy Francis
Simon & Schuster, Jul 7 2015, $15.00
ISBN: 9781451666427

Summer on Cape Cod has always been a great get together for the Herrington family. However, this year is different as the patriarch Arthur and matriarch Gloria divorced after almost five decades of marriage. Tensions are tropospheric even before the three sisters, accompanied by their husbands/significant other and children, and Arthur arrive at the family cottage. At the l... Read more

Review:Many books have been written to continue the stories of the characters that Jane Austen created, including sequels, prequels, continuations, and diaries. Most of these books have been written about the most popular of her novels, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, while ignoring some of her other different, but equally well-written and beautiful novels–SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, NORTHANGER ABBEY, EMMA, MANSFIELD PARK, and PERSUASION. Now for the first time, all six of Jane Austen’s books have been re-imagined and... Read more

Review:“Twice-daughter, my joy. Your dream is my dream, and your name is true. You are all of our hope.”

I've been looking forward to this book for what seems like a very long time. And I'm very pleased to say it did not disappoint. It wasn't perfect (I'll get into that later), but it was damn close.

The book picks up right as the Angels (led by Jael) arrive on Earth, and we're immediately introduced to a new human character named Eliza who appears to have quite the mysterious past. It se... Read more

Review:Recently I have come to have a deep love and appreciation for audiobooks, especially during traffic. While listening to Landline I thought about how perfect of a story this was to listen to on audio, a lot of the story is based around phone calls, and I felt like I was there listening into the call. I was in the other room listening in on the other landline with my hand on the receiver so Neal and Georgie wouldn’t hear me breathing.

Landline follows Georgie and Neal’s relationship, past a... Read more

Review:Davis has successfully followed the first sister book with another just as riveting and as emotionally captivating! She delicately unfolds the story of the "good" sister, tormented by demons long lived with and seen by absolutely no one behind the face of a dutiful, beautiful up and coming politician's wife. However, this book is NOT about politics; it is about a woman's journey to find the right to be happy, the right to feel, the right to her own thoughts, and ultimately, the right to discover... Read more

Review:This was a great book! Loved it from beginning to end. So many of the issues happened while I was growing up. Some of it was before I was born. But the election of Kennedy and his assination happened when I first started Jr. High. There was a lot of history that I remember. This is one of my favorite Steele books. Read more

Review:What can I say- this was a pretty cringey read.

The author does a lot of exposition, like when a character just talks about something a lot so you can get caught up really quickly. I hated that because it felt forced and fast paced.

We read about her vaguely being a peasant for about 2 seconds, then got thrust into a whole new world where everything is dandy and main character (what is her name..?) is perfect at everything she does.

This got very boring very quickly. Read more

Review:Charlaine Harris produces stylish well written books that provide the reader with can't put down mysteries. In book one of the Shakespeare series the heroine is Lily Bard. Once again Charlaine has created a character who is easy to like, sympathise with and cheer for. Thank you Ms Harris, long may you continue to bring happiness to your devoted readers. Read more

Review:For a 'cozy' type of mysteries - that is a subjective description - Diane Mott Davidson is the absolute best. Stacking these up next to Goldy Bear, really cannot be fairly done.
That being said, these books were enjoyable. The setting is likable and draws you in, the supporting characters all fit nicely into the series. The plots and crimes are edgier than a typical cozy, (than Davidson, Fluke, Sefton), but not as graphic as a full blown thriller. The biggest problem I have is with the ma... Read more

Review:I think the mix of history and fiction make this book both exciting to read and inspired me to want to search the history books a little deeper. I plan to read the entire series. I was introduced to this series through the original series on TV. Happy reading Read more