Like many authors, I read … a lot (or I used to before my twin granddaughters were born about six months ago!) 🙂 So when the folks at Shepherd asked me to share my three favorite reads of 2024, it was a tough choice. I’ve been trying to branch out recently into different genres and…
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RIP, Toby
Country music star Toby Keith died earlier this week following a long battle with stomach cancer. My heart is broken. It’s rare for me to write about music, but next to writing and reading, listening and singing along to music are my next favorite things to do. My tastes have changed over the years, but…
Stories of mother-child relationships
I was recently invited to share a list of favorite books on Booklisti, a site for creating and sharing your favorite books. I chose to share books that explore the mother-child relationship because it’s universal and integral to us all. My choices: Love on The Half Shell by Elvy HowardThe Hummingbird’s Cage by Tamara DietrichLeaving…
Desperate Alliance – My Two Cents
In this romantic suspense, the first book in a new series, art restoration expert Annalise Quintrell discovers the theft of a valuable piece of art from the museum where she works. Fearing she’ll be suspected if she alerts her boss, she turns to the only person she can think of to help. It’s bad enough…
Snapshot of a Murder – My Two Cents
If you’re a fan of Alison Henderson’s romantic suspense novels, you know to expect her stories to contain a blend of whimsy and humor, an intriguing plot, and a quirky cast of characters. With this first in the cozy mystery genre, Henderson doesn’t disappoint those fans. When Izzy Monro gets dumped by her fiancĂ© and…
“Fadeaway Joe” – My Two Cents
Former bouncer Joe Pendergast is starting a new chapter in his life as owner/operator of Joe’s Takeaway Food Truck with a major strike against him—he’s in the early stages of dementia. It’s a condition he discovered only after he engaged in a punching match with his long-time boss and ended up in the ER. Club…
“Vulnerable” – My Thoughts
Nashville Homicide Detective Jake Bishop and his partner are on the hunt for the killer who beat a young woman to death and dumped her body in the woods. Enter forensic technician Georgia Morgan who discovers two additional bodies at the site, bodies that had been there for half a decade. Five years earlier, three…
Banned books: What are we thinking?
The first week of October is Banned Books Week, a title I can hardly type without cringing. It evokes images crowds of hate- and rage-filled people tossing much-beloved classics into a mountain of flaming hardcovers and soft covers. It sours my stomach and makes me want to cry. As a reader, I don’t love every…
“The Better Sister” – My Thoughts
The Better SisterBy Alafair BurkePublished 2019 by Harper I must confess, I was drawn to this book because of the title. My older sister and I have been best friends our entire lives, but every once in a while we have a good-natured “Mom loved me best!” kind of moment. So the “better” angle of…
Book to Screen – My Picks
I’m one of those readers who will devour my favorite authors’ new titles as soon as I can get my hands on them. I’ve printed reading lists to keep track of where I am in their series. (Some of my favorites are so prolific! I can’t keep up.) But I also love discovering new authors,…