Heidi by Johanna Spyri (book review)
Orphaned Heidi lives with her gruff but caring grandfather on the side of Swiss mountain, where she befriends young Peter the goat-herd. She leads an idyllic life, until she is forced to leave the mountain she has always known to go and live with a sickly girl in the city. [...]
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (book review)
Since its immediate success in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between [...]
One Hit Wonder by Kristi Rose (book review)
A year into Samantha True’s forensic photography classes she knows three things: 1.Crime scenes are messy. 2.Especially when you throw up on them. 3.She may not be cut out for this. When the police drag her to an investigation, she’s just as baffled by the scene. With clues like superhero [...]
The Recipe Box by Viola Shipman (book review)
Growing up in northern Michigan, Samantha "Sam" Mullins felt trapped on her family's orchard and in their pie shop, so she left with dreams of making her own mark in the world. But life as an overworked, undervalued sous chef at a reality star's New York bakery is not what [...]
The Twelve Holidates by Emma St. Clair (book review)
If someone tells you that waiting for your boyfriend in a giant stocking is a good idea, they’re WRONG. I learn this the hard way when I discover my boyfriend is cheating on me. Once again, I find myself crying on the very broad and sturdy shoulders of my best [...]