by: Ben Macintyre Goodreads Description: The celebrated author of A Spy Among Friends and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Cold War-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the collapse of the Soviet Union. If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, […]
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December 2021 Tidbit
Here is a list of our favorite books in 2021. Helen says: 1. The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz (really well written thriller) 2. The Push by Ashley Audrain (I read it in one sitting!) 3. Who is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews (loved this) 4. The Woman Before Wallis by Bryn Turnbull (guilty pleasure) […]
Upcoming Books for January 2022
We are focusing on new works by some of our favorite Famous Authors in January. Read along with us! Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase.
Apples Never Fall
by: Liane Moriarty Goodreads description: The Delaney family love one another dearly—it’s just that sometimes they want to murder each other . . . If your mother was missing, would you tell the police? Even if the most obvious suspect was your father? This is the dilemma facing the four grown Delaney siblings. The Delaneys […]
Rock Paper Scissors
by: Alice Feeney Goodreads description: Think you know the person you married? Think again… Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face […]
The Tannery
by: Michael Almond Goodreads description: July 5, 1900, Wilkes County, North Carolina: The beautiful young daughter of tannery owner Jakob Schumann is found dead on the north bank of the Yadkin River, brutally beaten, a skinning knife in her chest. Who killed Rachel Schumann? And why? Ambitious Wilkes prosecutor Vincent Taliaferro has arrested Virgil Wade, […]
October/November 2021 Tidbit
The holiday season is fast approaching and Helen and Holly have been discussing gift ideas. We both love giving and receiving coffee table books. Here are some of the books we have had our eyes on. Helen says: Do you follow Lewis Miller on Instagram? If not, you should start following him today! He takes […]
Upcoming Books for November 2021
We are celebrating Nonfiction November this month! Follow and read along with us. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase.
Fresh Water For Flowers
by Valerie Perrin Goodreads description: Violette Toussaint is the caretaker at a cemetery in a small town in Bourgogne. Random visitors, regulars, and, most notably, her colleagues—three gravediggers, three groundskeepers, and a priest—visit her as often as possible to warm themselves in her lodge, where laughter, companionship, and occasional tears mix with the coffee that […]
Great Circle
by: Maggie Shipstead Goodreads description: Spanning Prohibition-era Montana, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, New Zealand, wartime London, and modern-day Los Angeles, Great Circle tells the unforgettable story of a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life, at any cost. After being rescued as infants from a sinking ocean liner in 1914, Marian and Jamie […]
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