by: Dolly Alderton Goodreads description: Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy. And he can’t work out why she stopped. Now he is. . . Without a home Waiting for his stand-up career to take off Wondering why everyone else around him seems to have grown up while he wasn’t looking Set adrift on the sea […]
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Little Bee
by: Chris Cleave Goodreads description: We don’t want to tell you what happens in this book. It is a truly special story and we don’t want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know enough to buy it so we will just say this: This is the story of two women. Their lives collide one […]
Us Against You (Beartown #2)
by: Fredrik Backman Goodreads description: After everything that the citizens of Beartown have gone through, they are struck yet another blow when they hear that their beloved local hockey team will soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that all the former Beartown players, who now play for a rival team […]
The Wedding People
by: Alison Espach Goodreads description: It’s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She’s immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she’s actually the only guest […]
Tidbit- February 2025
Do you know what Helen and Holly love to do when we are not reading books? WE LOVE TO PLAY TRIVIA!! Wilmingtonians, if you have not heard about legendary stand-up comic and trivia announcer MT Bottles (aka Travis), consider yourself now informed….He is all over town at a different spot each night of the week. […]
Upcoming Books for March 2025
Read along with us on Spring Break. We chose a variety of genres to appeal to all kinds of readers. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase.
One Thousand White Women
by: Jim Fergus Goodreads description: One Thousand White Women is the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, travel to the western prairies in 1875 to intermarry among the Cheyenne Indians. The covert and controversial “Brides for Indians” program, launched by the administration of […]
Reckless Girls
by: Rachel Hawkins Goodreads description: When Lux McAllister and her boyfriend, Nico, are hired to sail two women to a remote island in the South Pacific, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. Stuck in a dead-end job in Hawaii, and longing to travel the world after a family tragedy, Lux is eager to […]
The Sequel
by: Jean Hanff Korelitz Goodreads description: After the “insanely readable” (Stephen King) and “perfectly told” (Malcolm Gladwell) New York Times bestseller The Plot comes Jean Hanff Korelitz’s equally captivating new novel: The Sequel. Anna Williams-Bonner has taken care of business—that is to say, she’s taken care of her husband, bestselling novelist Jacob Finch Bonner, and laid to rest those anonymous […]
Society of Lies
by: Lauren Ling Brown Goodreads description: How far would you go to belong? Maya has returned to Princeton for her college reunion—it’s been a decade since she graduated, and she is looking forward to seeing old faces and reminiscing about her time there. This visit is special because Maya will also be attending the graduation […]
Helen and Holly Hit the Books 