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This was our community read for June and July. This is an epic tale about a journey! A love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Lonesome Dove, the third book in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy, is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness of America. I'm not… Continue reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty
The Postcard was a great historical fiction, mixed with an autobiographical type story. This one left me shaking my head! THAT ENDING!! I didn't know if I should laugh or cry! The main character received a mysterious postcard with only four names on one side of the postcard. They are: Ephraim, Emma, Noemie, and Jacques.… Continue reading The Postcard by Anne Berest
This is an enemies to lovers trope that is in true Hazelwood style and I couldn't get enough of it. This has the huge hunky guy. The smart, cute, little scientist. And it also had enough drama to hook me in. Elsie is a Ph.D. in theoretical physics. She has a job as an adjunct… Continue reading Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
This was a very strange book about Mexican horror films and Nazi occultism. I didn't know what to think of this one. I have read Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia but this one was a little different. This had such an odd and sinister feel. I felt like I was watching one of those old… Continue reading Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
This was a heartfelt story about a small town hero and is for anyone who has any interest in baseball. In this story, Winston Browne is a small town sheriff with a big heart. This takes place in the 50's in Florida. I thought the small town of Moab, FL with it's population of 912… Continue reading The Incredible Winston Brown by Sean Dietrich
Going Zero is the type of book that builds up in intensity as it goes along. I started out slightly interested in the premise and once I got through some of the minor background details, the story really took off. Of course, the twists really make you sit up and take notice as well. I… Continue reading Going Zero by Anthony McCarten
An Indian American family is turned upside down when the parents split up thirty-six years into their arranged marriage in this “heartwarming journey of self-discovery.” Equally entertaining and heartfelt, this was a moving family drama that follows four different members of an Indian American family as they try to find love and start over after divorce and failed relationships.… Continue reading Late Bloomers by Deepa Varadarajan
"No two persons ever read the same book." This is the framework for this book and how I went into thinking about this book as I was reading it. This book was an interesting take on books and reading. How thoughtful Bauermeister is! The more I thought about this book, the more I liked it.… Continue reading No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
What would happen if computers & machines evolved? "How does one arrive at the decision to kill God?" TJ Klune is a master with this genre. This is a sci-fi with a Pinocchio feel to it. The characters were so inventive and the plot was snappy. In The Lives of Puppets is one that will… Continue reading In The Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
Love isn’t blind, it’s just little blurry. Katherine Center has outdone herself in Hello Stranger. This is a light read that could easily be a beach read or a rainy day read. Her ability to make us care for her characters is impressive. Sadie is a portrait artist who recently won a prestigious portrait competition.… Continue reading Hello Stranger by Katherine Center