By Erika Swyler ** publication date 7 May 2019 ** Do not wait to read this one. This is a book that kept me fully engaged from start to finish. I finished wanting more! Florida 1986 and the start of the Space Shuttle program. Meet Nedda. 11 years old and far smarter than her years. …
By Sue Fortin ** publication date 10 January 2019 ** Goodreads has this listed as the most gripping page turner of 2019. I don’t know that I’d go that far, but I will say that it definitely is a page turner. Neve is a 30 something adoptive mother of Poppy. Poppy is mentally challenged. We …
By: Rachael Herron ** Publication Date January 2019** Rachael never disappoints. Whether the Cypress Hollow books or the Darling Bay books, I always finish them with a smile on my face. This latest and last book in the Ballard Brothers trilogy is about Jake, the only brother left without a bride. This book can absolutely …
By Sue Pethick ** Publication Date 26 February 2019 ** What drew me to this book was the cover. I have owned three Border Collies, so there wasn’t much that was going to stop me from picking up a book with a Border Collie on the cover. I didn’t expect to enjoy this book quite …
by Melanie Golding ** Publication Date 30 April 2019 ** Do you like dark, scary fairy tales? Stories where the twists shock you and leave you breathless? Read Little Darlings. This is a modern take on ages old fairy tales that were more frightening than enlightening. Lauren Tranter is a brand new mother of identical …
By Aubrey Hadley ** Publication Date 16 July 2019 ** What would happen if you found yourself all alone in a quarantined neighborhood where all your neighbors were dying of sleeping sickness, and your mother and brother and sister had escaped prior to the quarantine? What if you started noticing glowing creatures out in the …
** Publication Date 30 April 2019 ** By Adi Alsaid This was anything but brief. Great concept and story, but rather long winded. Alsaid does a fabulous job of sharing the trials of being a teenager in and out of love, but takes far too long to get to the whole story. Lu Charles is …
Northern Lights is a teenage coming of age story about Shane, a recent high school graduate. At a very young age, Shane was abandoned by his mom. His dad raised him, but when his dad passes away, Shane is left to live with his uncle. An uncle who is less than understanding about Shane’s long …
By Sam Lipsyte ** publication date 15 January 2019 ** Based on the description of this book, I had really high expectations for it. I wasn’t disappointed, but it definitely took me a while to get there. Hark is a semi-dystopian tale about a new “messiah.” I say semi-dystopian, because clearly it takes place in …
By Gytha Lodge ** Publication date 8 January 2019 ** This book left me wondering almost until the end what went wrong one fateful night thirty years ago. A well played mystery by Gytha Lodge, this first novel in the Jonah Sheens series left me wanting more. More mysteries, more tales to tell. While this …