Fiction

The Spellshop is a great diversion, and it was perfect as a “palette cleanser” between other books that promise greater edification. You might find that you enjoy the reprieve too.

This book depicts the average struggles families go through to give everyone what they need. This is particularly true for women and mothers…

It is a story about an unexpected baby arriving at Christmas time, and what a miracle that can be. It centers around the town doctor as the main character, as well as his unmarried daughter.

This is the only book over 500 pages I read this year and I really enjoyed it. I’ll be reading its sequel soon in the New Year.

Buckeye is a long, sweep of a book, taking place between two families in a small town in Ohio between WWII and Vietnam.

These books feel like an antidote to and a refuge from the bleak realities of our news cycle. I

I found this deeply engaging, and I recommend it to you. I give it 5 stars. Now I want to write more letters!

You too might enjoy this compulsively readable story by this highly capable writer.

I totally recommend reading this historical fiction set in the early 1950’s and give it 5 stars.

This story is about a piece of art, and the story is art in itself.

The environmental crisis described is very real, but so is love.