by: Chris Bohjalian Goodreads synopsis: 1978: It is the first Thursday in August and temperatures are flirting with ninety when Mira Winston, eighteen years old, drives a practice ball from her tee with a wooden club. The golf ball, weighing 1.6 ounces, tears through the net, travels 150 miles per hour for fifteen yards and […]
The Fine Art of Lying
by: Alexandra Andrews Goodreads synopsis: From the critically acclaimed author of Who is Maud Dixon? comes a riveting new novel about a young wife and mother in a world of wealth and privilege, whose rash mistake sets off a domino effect of murder and betrayal. In the beginning, there was art. It was Clare Bast’s love of art […]
The Lion Women of Tehran
by: Marjan Kamali Goodreads synopsis: In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing her and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mother’s endless grievances, Ellie dreams of having a friend to alleviate her isolation. Luckily, on […]
The Shampoo Effect
by: Jenny Jackson Goodreads synopsis: When Caroline Lash arrives in Greenhead, Massachusetts, she falls head-over-heels for Van Whittaker, a fleece-wearing, litter-collecting, kayak enthusiast with long, floppy hair and the personality of a Border collie. Born and raised in this picturesque coastal village, Van runs with the same crowd he did as a kid: His ex-girlfriend, […]
Under Story
by: Chloe Benjamin Goodreads synopsis: The New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists returns with an intimate yet epic love story—and a sweeping odyssey of scientific discovery. Under Story invites us to consider the promise of this life, what might lie beyond it, and how far we would go for more time with the […]
Tidbit- October 2026
Helen and Holly have been busy bees this month. Sorry for the delay in posting our latest and greatest reads. On that note, we have been asked to share some easy reads and guilty pleasures to offset our “highbrow” picks in preparation for our pilgrimage to The Charleston Literary Festival next week. Helen says: I […]
Upcoming Books for November 2026
Helen and Holly are making a pilgrimage to Mecca- The Charleston Literary Festival (click to read about it). In preparation for this event, we are reading some of the celebrated authors’ newest books…Prepare to be wowed by this very highbrow list! 😉 Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. And….if […]
The Foursome
by: Christina Baker Kline Goodreads Synopsis: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline comes a boldly original reimagining of an astonishing true two sisters in nineteenth-century North Carolina—Kline’s own distant relatives—who married world-famous conjoined twins from Siam. When Chang and Eng Bunker arrive in Wilkes County in 1839, they’re not just a curiosity—they’re a […]
It Could Have Been Her
by: Lisa Jewell Goodreads Synopsis: Jane Trevally is walking her dogs on her country estate when a small white terrier appears, alone and with no sign of the teenaged girl he’d been staying with nearby. When the teenager is reported missing, Jane offers to return the dog to his registered owner, hours away in London. […]
Kin
by: Tayari Jones Goodreads Synopsis: Vernice and Annie, two motherless daughters raised in Honeysuckle, Louisiana, have been best friends and neighbors since earliest childhood, but are fated to live starkly different lives. Raised by a fierce aunt determined to give her a stable home in the wake of her mother’s death, Vernice leaves Atlanta at […]
