Summer is upon us and we have some good books to read…. We decided to throw a classic in. Someone posted a list of 15 Must Read Books, and this one was missing from our reading history. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase.
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The Fraud
By: Zadie Smith Goodreads description: It is 1873. Mrs Eliza Touchet is the Scottish housekeeper – and cousin by marriage – of a once famous novelist, now in decline, William Ainsworth, with whom she has lived for thirty years. Mrs Touchet is a woman of many interests: literature, justice, abolitionism, class, her cousin, his wives, […]
The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhorn Goodreads description: Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record […]
The Heiress
By: Rachel Hawkins Goodreads description: When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she’s not only North Carolina’s richest woman, she’s also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family’s estate high in […]
The Hunter
By: Tana French Goodreads description: It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die. Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural […]
Tidbit- April 2024
What are we digging this month? Helen says: I have been a manic reader this month! I only liked 2 out of 4 of our assigned books. I decided to read and listen to a few others. As I have already mentioned, I started The Court of Thorns and Roses series- very enjoyable and entertaining. […]
Upcoming Books for May 2024
Here’s what we are reading next. Read along with us! Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. And if we have time… Click here to purchase.
March 2024 Tidbit
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Here’s what Helen and Holly are doing to celebrate this special day. Helen says: Top of the muffin to you! Do you remember that episode of Seinfeld? I like to greet people with that phrase in the morning. My favorite Irish recipe is Alton Brown’s Shepherd’s Pie. It is a crowd […]
The Caretaker
by: Ron Rash Goodreads description: Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, The Caretaker by award-winning author Ron Rash (“One of the great American authors at work today” —The New York Times) is a breathtaking love story and a searing examination of the acts we seek […]
First Lie Wins
by: Ashley Elston Goodreads description: Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist. The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by […]
Helen and Holly Hit the Books 