Category: May 2026

Brawler

by: Lauren Groff Goodreads synopsis: One of our best American writers, Lauren Groff returns with a fierce new story collection, her first since the award-winning and bestselling Florida. Each story in Lauren Groff’s electric collection is an individual triumph, bold, agile, and packed with power. They hum in exhilarating resonance. Ranging from the 1950s to the […]

Go Gentle

by: Maria Semple Goodreads synopsis: Adora Hazzard has it all figured out. A Stoic philosopher and divorcée, she lives a contented life on New York City’s Upper West Side. Having discovered that the secret to happiness is to desire only what you have, she’s applied this insight to blissful effect: relishing her teenage daughter, the […]

Mad Mabel

by: Sally Hepworth Goodreads synopsis: Meet Mad Mabel. Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick is eighty-one years old. She’s lived on her idyllic street, Kenny Lane, for sixty years–longer than anyone else. Aside from being a curmudgeon who minds everyone else’s business, few would suspect that Elsie has a past that she has worked exceedingly hard at concealing. […]

Yesteryear

by: Caro Claire Burke Goodreads synopsis: My name was Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive. Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle. Her charming farmhouse is rustic, her husband a handsome cowboy, her six children each more delightful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers behind the scenes, her […]

Tidbit – May 2026

Good old summertime is upon us! What’s your favorite summertime pleasure? Helen says: I love to gather friends and go “Shellin’ with Helen”. Just getting on the boat and putting an anchor on a deserted island is my way of checking out and living in the moment (phone free!). Last weekend, my friend, Mabel, and […]