by: Ian McEwan Goodreads description: A quest, a literary thriller and a love story, What We Can Know spans the past, present and future to ask profound questions about who we are and where we are going. 2014: A great poem is read aloud and never heard again. For generations, people speculate about its message, but no copy […]
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Upcoming Book for February 2026
February is a short month. We chose some page turners to get you through this incredibly dreary winter! Read along with us. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. And…if we have time… Click here to purchase.
The Elements
by: John Boyne Goodreads synopsis: From bestselling author John Boyne, a gripping and profound exploration of guilt, blame, trauma, and the human capacity for redemption. In The Elements, acclaimed Irish novelist John Boyne has created an epic saga that weaves together four interconnected narratives, each representing a different perspective on the enabler, the accomplice, the perpetrator, […]
Heart The Lover
by: Lily King Goodreads synopsis: From the New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers comes a magnificent and intimate new novel of desire, friendship, loss, and the lasting impact of first love You knew I’d write a book about you someday. Our narrator understands good love stories—their secrets and subtext, their highs and their free falls. But […]
The Road to Tender Hearts
by: Annie Hartnett Goodreads synopsis: A darkly comic and warm-hearted novel about an old man on a cross-country mission to reunite with his high school crush—bringing together his adult daughter, two orphaned kids, and a cat who can predict death—from the beloved author of Rabbit Cake and Unlikely Animals At sixty-three years old, million-dollar lottery winner PJ Halliday […]
Tourist Season
by: Brynne Weaver Goodreads synopsis: Welcome to Cape Carnage! Visit Once, Stay Forever. Cape Carnage is a seaside town of colorful houses, quirky shops, and an unusually high body count. But with tourists comes trouble, and Harper Starling won’t let anyone ruin her picture-perfect home. A skilled gardener with killer instincts, Harper protects her sanctuary […]
Tidbit- Top 5 of 2025
Helen Says: 1. It’s getting a lot of buzz for all the right reasons. Very memorable. Click here to purchase. 2. This books gave me all the feels in a non-cheesy way. Click here to purchase. 3. Favorite easy read- really funny. Click here to purchase. 4. No spoilers… Click here to purchase. 5. My […]
Upcoming Books for January 2026
Read along with us while you’re drying out in the New Year! ha. We will be reading: Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase.
Buckeye
by: Patrick Ryan Goodreads synopsis: In Bonhomie, Ohio, a stolen moment of passion, sparked in the exuberant aftermath of the Allied victory in Europe, binds Cal Jenkins, a man wounded not in war but by his inability to serve in it, to Margaret Salt, a woman trying to obscure her past. Cal’s wife, Becky, has […]
Culpability
by: Bruce Holsinger Goodreads synopsis: Set at a summer rental on the Chesapeake Bay, a riveting family drama about moral responsibility in the age of artificial intelligence, from the bestselling author of the “wise and addictive” (New York Times) The Gifted School. When the Cassidy-Shaws’ autonomous minivan collides with an oncoming car, seventeen-year-old Charlie is in […]
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