Aunt Crystal & The Vowel Towel (book review)
The eight-year-old life is looking easy-peasy until Todd's quirky Aunt Crystal gives him a birthday present way blander than plain six vowel-themed bath towels. Who wants to think about spelling in the shower? But when elf-sized elephants, umbrella-carrying unicorns, and a host of other vowel-inspired guests join him each time [...]
Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews (book review)
A delicious tale of revenge and renovation, Hissy Fit tells of a wronged spitfire who’s determined to see that the no-good lowdown, lying, cheating varmint of an ex-fiancé who ruined her life and her business gets the comeuppance he so richly deserves…even as she struggles to revitalize a broken-down antebellum [...]
Book Recommendations with Danielle Grandinetti
What was your favorite picture book as a kid? The Peaceable Kingdom by David Hazard What was the first “real” book (with chapters and without pictures) you remember reading? I absolutely loved the Adventures in the Northwoods series by Lois Walfrid Johnson. What was your most favorite book in high [...]
Friends Don’t by Leah Dobrinska (book review)
As the oldest of three sisters, Poppy Kasper doesn’t remember a time when she wasn’t the glue holding her siblings—and their lives—together. So moving across the country to Cashmere Cove, the hometown of her new boyfriend, is completely out of character. Add in the fact that said boyfriend is leaving [...]
The Metropolitan Affair by Jocelyn Green (book review)
For years her explorer father promised Dr. Lauren Westlake she'd accompany him on one of his Egyptian expeditions. But as the empty promises mounted, Lauren determined to earn her own way. Now the assistant curator of Egyptology for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lauren receives two unexpected invitations. The first [...]