By: Ann Patchett Goodreads description: “Any story that starts will also end.” As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh and intimate look into her mind and […]
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Upcoming Books for February 2022
We decided to pick and plunder from the stacks of unread books by our beds. Last month was an investment of time in the reading of some beautiful, very special, and heavy (in more ways than one) books, and well worth it. This month will be a crap shoot, but read along with us! Like […]
January 2022 Tidbit
January is soup season! Here are our favorites. Helen says: Mine is definitely the Barefoot Contessa’s Italian Wedding Soup. I am obsessed. It is time consuming, but worth it. I think the hint of dill is what makes it so delicious. For the meatballs: ¾ pound ground chicken ½ pound chicken sausage, casings removed 2/3 […]
The Tannery – Event in Wilmington
Meet Author Michael A. Almond who will be discussing his new book The Tannery. About this event The Tannery is historical fiction at its best, a murder mystery and legal thriller whose twists and turns will hold readers’ attention to the final page. Meticulously researched, this page-turning debut novel transports readers to another time and […]
The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free
By: Paulina Bren Goodreads Description: Welcome to New York’s legendary hotel for women. Liberated from home and hearth by World War I, politically enfranchised and ready to work, women arrived to take their place in the dazzling new skyscrapers of Manhattan. But they did not want to stay in uncomfortable boarding houses. They wanted what […]
The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World’s Largest Art Theft
by: Ulrich Boser Goodreads Description: “The True Story of the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Theft,” The Gardner Heist by Ulrich Boser is a fascinating account of a brazen and amazing criminal act—a book that could help police and investigators solve the mystery of the 1990 break-in and burglary at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. “A tantalizing whodunit” […]
Life After Windows
by: Inez Ribustello Goodreads Description: What happens when the life you’ve always dreamed of disappears in the blink of an eye? For Inez Ribustello, that day came twenty years ago on September 11th, 2001. Ribustello grew up in the small town of Tarboro, North Carolina but found her way to the big apple to attend […]
The Spy and The Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
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, […]
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.
Helen and Holly Hit the Books 