Book Reviews
Shady Hollow Series (Book Review)
These are the epitome of a “cosy mystery.” I found them delightfully entertaining. You follow Vera Vixen, who is a fox, and the town’s journalist, as she solves local murders.
Dolly All the Time (Book Review)
This is what my book friends call a “palette cleanser” and sometimes you need an easy read with a happy ending.
The Calamity Club (Book Review)
This is an atmospheric, engrossing, immersive read set in Mississippi during the depression.
Danny Gregory Books (Sketchbook Ideas #26)
Reading the book above, reminded me of these four books of his (shown below) that I also loved and highly recommend.
A Perfect Hand (Book Review)
It is sheer fun to to read on the one level, and meaningful backstory on the suffragist movement on the other.
The Reading List (Book Review)
This is a story about two lonely people, an elderly widower and a seventeen year old girl, who both read the same reading list, and how it changes their lives. Mental health issues play a role, as well as grief. I found the elderly gentlemen particularly endearing.
Daughter of the Forest (Book Review)
This is based on the Hans Christian Anderson tale The Wild Swans. It is a long, very deep retelling that adds so much
Weyward (Book Review)
I listened to this book and it is superbly well done, although the themes are serious, including rape, abuse, and abortion. It is atmospheric and compulsive, and frankly a relief when it is over. There was a quip that the term witch only serves the one naming and not the one named, and that seems … Read more
Whistler (Book Review)
This is a good book, but I didn’t love it as much as I wanted to, although it is incredibly well written and fresh.
The Art of Victory (Book Review)
You too might enjoy this clean clash of wits, which results in a fun read, as well as a relationship of believable substance. This book strikes that rare balance of being light without being vapid.
Go Gentle (Book Review with Quotes)
You might enjoy this novel too; it is clever on various levels. I give it 4 stars.
A Sand County Almanac (Book Review)
This is a lovely little book of well observed nature writing. In a time where the environment is in peril from bad policy and practices, it was refreshing to read a beautifully written book about cherishing nature, which didn’t have such threatening overtones.
Yesteryear (Book Review)
Yesteryear packs a punch and is different than anything you’ve ever read. It merges many different themes – Christian evangelism, politics, feminism, online influencers, exposure of children on the internet, delusion, and idealism of the traditionalism of the past– in a compulsively readable story, that left me sad in end.
The Summer Seekers (Book Review)
I enjoyed this chick lit beach read about an 80 year old woman, Kathleen, who doesn’t want to give up on life. She decides to go on a road trip…
Hearts of Horses (Book Review)
The term “horse whisperer,” but it wasn’t always a thing. Up until this time men generally beat horses into submission, hobbling them and bucking them until they “broke” them. During the First World War, when women began to do this job, things changed, and a more empathetic approach proved much more successful.