By R.C. Sheriff ** Publication Date 7 September 2021 ** 3.5 stars / This review will be posted at BookwormishMe.com today. Bognor is a small seaside town that bustles with excitement in the summertime. The Stevens family, mother Flossie, father Ernest, Mary – twenty, Dick – seventeen and the youngest Ernie, have been traveling to …
By Chuck Wendig ** Publication Date 20 July 2021 ** 5 stars I don’t even know how to wrap my head around this one. Chuck Wendig has written a wild, crazy, suspense filled novel. Alternate realities and carved wooden owls that fly. This book is nuts, and I mean that in only the best way …
** Publication Date 17 August 2021 ** 4.5 stars Think your family is dysfunctional? Wait until you meet the Lighthouse family. Mom, Lorraine, is obsessed with murder. After her parents were murdered, with the gun manufactured by their company, Lorraine’s life becomes all about murder. She moves to Blackburn Island to her parent’s summer home. …
By Harriet Kline ** Publication Date 22 June 2021 ** 4 stars Prepare yourself for an emotional roller coaster. Ruth and Rich met through Ruth’s sister, Nessa. They’ve been married just about forever and have a son, Ollie, who seems to be autistic. Rich has just been diagnosed with a brain tumor. A brain tumor …
By Marta Orriols Translated by Mara Fay Lethem ** Publication Date 15 June 2021 ** 3.75 stars Paula is grieving. Having suffered not one loss, with the death of her partner, but the loss of him shortly before his actual death. Mauro had just told Paula that their relationship was over. Now she is trying …
By Lindsey Rogers Cook ** Publication Date 1 June 2021 ** 4.5 stars After years of fleeing from place to place, Lex finds herself in a hospital in Bali without many choices. Her ex-boyfriend wants to reach out to someone for her, and Lex blurts out that he can reach out to her godmother. With …
By Amanda M. Fairbanks ** Publication Date 25 May 2021** 4.75 stars In March 1984 a fishing boat went down in the Atlantic during a storm. No, not the Andrea Gail, the F/V known as the Wind Blown. With four fishermen on board, no mayday was sounded, no distress calls, no known location. All that …
By M.M. Chouinard ** Publication Date 27 May 2021 ** 4 stars / This review will be posted at BookwormishMe.com on 13 May 2021. When Rose’s brother-in-law plans an elaborate vacation for them in Jamaica, Rose balks at the idea. She comes up with every excuse imaginable to try to change the vacation plans, including …
Book Two of the Anderson Creek series By K.T. Egan ** Publication Date 4 May 2021** 4 stars When Cheyenne’s grandfather dies, the whole family gathers at his homestead to pay their respects. Cheyenne wonders what will happen to the home now that he’s gone. Then at the reading of the will, she has the …
By Molly E. Lee 4.5 stars Harley’s father has beaten her again and again. Making her feel like less than the ground walked upon. Meanwhile her intent is to shield her 7 year old half-sister Ray from that anger and venom. To protect her until Harley’s 18th birthday, just around the corner, when hopefully they …