The Austen Escape by Katherine Reay (book review)
Mary Davies lives and works in Austin, Texas, as an industrial engineer. She has an orderly and productive life, a job and colleagues that she enjoys—particularly a certain adorable, intelligent, and hilarious consultant. But something is missing for Mary. When her estranged and emotionally fragile childhood friend Isabel Dwyer offers [...]
Book Reviews: DNF
Twenty years ago Claire Scott's eldest sister, Julia, went missing. No one knew where she went - no note, no body. It was a mystery that was never solved and it tore her family apart. Now another girl has disappeared, with chilling echoes of the past. And it seems that [...]
Can I Tell Your Story?
Happy New Year! I love getting back to work after Christmas and New Year’s celebrations because I love getting back to normal. As much as I love normal, however, I’m ready to change it up a bit this year by adding a new element to my blog: YOU! It’s true [...]
2019: Here’s What I Read
If you follow this blog even distantly, you can see that it’s mostly book reviews. That’s a change I made this year to focus on what we all have in common—a love of reading! To help me refocus my own reading efforts, I joined two reading challenges this year. The [...]
Alaskan Holiday by Debbie Macomber (book review)
Before beginning her dream job as sous chef in one of Seattle's hottest new restaurants, Josie Avery takes a summer position cooking at a lakeside lodge in the remote Alaskan town of Ponder. Josie falls for the rustic charms of the local community--including Jack Corcoran, the crotchety keeper of Ponder's [...]