by: Ann Patchett Goodreads description: In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family’s orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company […]
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The Whispers
by: Ashley Audrain Goodreads description: From the author of THE PUSH, a pageturner about four suburban families whose lives are changed when the unthinkable happens–and what is lost when good people make unconscionable choices The Loverlys sit by the hospital bed of their young son who is in a coma after falling from his bedroom […]
Tidbit- September 2023
Happy 3rd Birthday to Helen and Holly Hit the Books! Can you believe it? We sure have fun. After 3 years, one may ask where we keep coming up with interesting content for our Tidbits. Sometimes it is a struggle, so we look for inspiration. Helen says: I have two sites that are bringing me […]
Upcoming Books for September 2023
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All the Dangerous Things
by: Stacy Willingham Goodreads description: One year ago, Isabelle Drake’s life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads for the police to chase, the case quickly went […]
The Covenant of Water
by: Abraham Verghese Goodreads description: A stunning and magisterial new epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala and following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret.Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a […]
Take What You Need
by: Idra Novey Goodreads description: Set in the Allegheny Mountains of Appalachia, Take What You Need tracks the aftermath of a long estrangement between a stepmother and daughter. Leah is a web editor and young mother who’s sought an urban life and clean break from her rural childhood. But with her stepmother Jean’s death, Leah must return […]
We Are The Light
by: Matthew Quick Goodreads description: Lucas Goodgame lives in Majestic, Pennsylvania, a quaint suburb that has been torn apart by a recent tragedy. Everyone in Majestic sees Lucas as a hero—everyone, that is, except Lucas himself. Insisting that his deceased wife, Darcy, visits him every night in the form of an angel, Lucas spends his […]
Upcoming Books August 2023
We are ambitious in the upcoming month! Please read along with us! Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. (Narrated by Meryl Streep on audible!) Click here to purchase.
August 2023 Tidbit
Holly and Helen have been trying to beat the heat during these dog days of summer! How have you been trying to stay cool? Helen says: Have you heard of the new self-care trend called “Bed Rotting”? Gross, but funny…. It is basically lying in bed with all your devices and streaming series and reading […]
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