We are doing some serious reading this upcoming month. Wish us luck! Barbara Barbee’s suggestion! Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase.
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Upcoming books for June 2025
Join us on our summer reading quest- quite the variety!! Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase.
Tidbit April 2025
Besides the obvious….what is your favorite thing about Easter? Helen says: My friend Jean and I got hooked on the Eggmazing Egg Decorator with our kids a few years ago…It is a super fun way to decorate Easter Eggs with magic markers and a battery operated egg spinner. See above photo for the finished project. […]
Upcoming Books for May 2025
May is crazy for both of us and we don’t have a lot of spare reading time. We are very “au courant” in our choices this month! All three books are getting a lot of buzz. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase. Click here to purchase.
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
December 2024 Tidbit- Top 5 Books of the Year
Helen says: Dysfunction Junction- My favorite kind of book! 2. The most original storyline I have come across lately. 3. The cream of the crop of psychological thrillers! 4. JHK- I love you! You are my favorite contemporary author. 5. Gritty and un-put-down-able! Least Favorite Book- Terrible to listen to on audible… Holly says: 1. […]
The God of the Woods
by: Liz Moore Goodreads description: When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide. Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most […]
The Girl Who Was Taken
by: Charlie Donlea Goodreads description: Two abducted girls—one who returns, one who doesn’t. The night they go missing, high school seniors Nicole Cutty and Megan McDonald are at a beach party in their small town of Emerson Bay, North Carolina. Police launch a massive search, but hope is almost lost—until Megan escapes from a bunker deep […]
Helen and Holly Hit the Books 