by: Claire Keegan Goodreads description: It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his […]
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Upcoming Books for March 2024
We were speedy readers this past month- 5 books in the shortest month of the year. It must have been the winter doldrums. We have some really fun novels chosen for next month. Read along with us! Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase – (pretty cover art- I must say). Click here […]
February 2024 Tidbit
Dear Reader- Are you at home with bated breath wondering what we have been up to? We have been “wintering” in New Hanover County, NC….and watching a lot stories on TV. Helen says: Besides my usual reading for our blog, I have been enjoying some other books and shows. My friend Jean turned me on the […]
The Berry Pickers
by: Amanda Peters Goodreads description: A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that haunts the survivors, unravels a community, and remains unsolved for nearly fifty years. July 1962. A Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old […]
Day
by: Michael Cunningham Goodreads description: As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, falling in and out of love, losing the things that are most precious—and learning to go on—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hours April 5, 2019 : In a cozy brownstone in Brooklyn, […]
Familia
by: Lauren E. Rico Goodreads description: What if your most basic beliefs about your life were suddenly revealed to be a lie? In this compelling, emotional novel, two young women are brought together by a genealogy test and a haunting question that shakes their understanding of what family is and who they truly are . […]
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
by: James McBride Goodreads description: The new novel from the bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Oprah Book Club-picked, Barack Obama favourite James McBride. In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the […]
Tidbit -January 2024
Screw New Year’s resolutions! Let’s find out your Primal Astrology Spirit Animal. Helen is a Jaguar and Holly is a Firefly. Click here for your free astrological report! Holly: 👆Funny, I really love a firefly, lightning bug, or illuminated beetle – whatever you want to call it! One of my favorite things is watching thousands of them from […]
Upcoming Books for February 2024
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Bright Young Women
by: Jessica Knoll Goodreads description: January 1978. A serial killer has terrorized women across the Pacific Northwest, but his existence couldn’t be further from the minds of the vibrant young women at the top sorority on Florida State University’s campus in Tallahassee. Tonight is a night of promise, excitement, and desire, but Pamela Schumacher, president […]
Helen and Holly Hit the Books 