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Audiobooks Listicles Listicles - Featured

3 Audiobooks Featuring Journeys, Internal and External

While trying to articulate what I loved so much about one of my favorite audiobooks of the year so far, Greenland by David Santos Donaldson, I realized that part of what makes this book so compelling is that it is full of movement. That got me thinking about other books…

Laura SacktonAugust 3, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

A Poignant Tale of Pursuing Romance in the Face of Loss and Long-Kept Secrets

When We Let Go (Lake Union Publishing) is a love story for grown-ups, with all the life-stuff grown-ups must deal with — from first loves, shattered hopes and losses to family dynamics and teenaged angst. Rochelle Weinstein is good at telling stories like this. This is her sixth such novel,…

Sherri DaleyAugust 3, 2022

Thrillers

The “Breaking Bad” of Books: Gailey’s “The Guilt We Carry”

As author Samuel W. Gailey introduces one seedy character after another to a troubled teenager trying to find herself in his latest novel, The Guilt We Carry (Oceanview Publishing), one can only hope there’s a payoff down the line – for the characters and for the readers themselves. Believe me, there…

Jim AlkonDecember 10, 2018

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

You’ll Never Find a More Faithful Friend Than This (Wo)man’s Best Friend

The big friendly eyes, the smiling face with bright pink tongue ready to lick a welcome greeting, and a tail, wagging hard enough to topple a small child, all seem to ask, “won’t you be my friend?” Woodrow on the Bench: Life Lessons from a Wise Old Dog (Harper), by…

Linda HitchcockOctober 27, 2021

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

“Why Her? Why Not Me?” Portrays Unbelievable Grief With Remarkable Authenticity

Why Her? Why Not Me?: A Series of Deep Familial Misfortunes (Balboa Press) discloses, in the very title, that tragedy comprises the crux of the forthcoming account. Chapter one's title, “The First Traumatic Event,” also reinforces the expectation. Despite this threatening storm cloud hanging over the reader’s mind, the opening…

Judy MorenoSeptember 17, 2021

Nonfiction

‘The Best of Us’: Joyce Maynard’s Memoir on Love, Loss and Life

I highly recommend reading Joyce Maynard's The Best of Us, but just make sure you have a box of tissues. Maynard finds the love of her life in her 50s, many years after being divorced and raising her children as a single mother. She and Jim, her new love, had a…

Jennifer BlankfeinNovember 8, 2017

Fiction Romance Romance - Featured

Curl up With a Blanket and a Hot Chocolate for “Grocery Girl,” a Cozy Small-Town Romance

"This small-town story between a competent woman and an emotionally wounded newcomer will comfort fans of clean romances." —BookLife "A thoroughly enjoyable romance populated with broken and utterly endearing characters. Very enjoyable!" —The Wishing Shelf —∞— When two people with tragic pasts physically collide at the grocery store, it seems…

Nicole MaherMay 19, 2022

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

This Heartfelt Children’s Book Celebrates the Devotion Between Pets and Their Humans

What is better than the love of a cat? Pets provide some of our strongest and most meaningful relationships in life. They love us unconditionally and see us through our best and worst moments. They are our best friends, and Buddy the cat was no exception. Dyanna Morrison, self-described as…

Julianna GoldflussFebruary 23, 2022

Children's Books

“The Fixer and the Garage Door” Tells the Tender Story of a Family’s Love

So much of our society is based around the idea of the nuclear family. The archetype of the working father, the stay-at-home mother and the young children has become deeply ingrained in our culture, from family sitcoms on television to children playing house on the playground. But more and more,…

Cameron KimballMay 26, 2021

Children's Books

Finding Joy After Losing a Friend in the Touching Story “Lee and Limbo”

When I was a child, I lived just two houses down from my friend Emily, and on snow days I would bring my sled over to her house. When my parents told me that Emily was moving away, I was so sad to say goodbye — but I was also…

Cameron KimballJanuary 19, 2021

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Fragile Friendships in “The Glass Wives”

In Amy Nathan’s The Glass Wives (Saint Martin's Press), a devastating end becomes a beginning of sorts for Evie and Nicole Glass. When Richard Glass is killed in a tragic accident, Nicole is a sudden widow. But what does that make Evie, his ex-wife? Financial instability and an unknown future…

Nicole BaartAugust 2, 2018

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Ghosts of the Past in “One More Day”

When someone dies, we may wish for more time with them. Just one more day. But what if that happened? What if they actually came back?This premise launches Kelly Simmons's graceful and otherworldly suspense novel, One More Day (Sourcebooks Landmark) Carrie and her husband are mired in grief after the mysterious kidnapping of…

Sandra BlockJuly 26, 2018

Fiction

Surviving Loss in “Paper Castles,” Where Fiction and Fact Are Difficult to Differentiate

James Brookes is sad. He aches with disappointment — in himself and the world around him. Five years previously, cancer claimed his beloved mother. He’s lost his job and must return to the family home where his father still mourns. It seems he can’t do anything right, and his father…

Sherri DaleyMay 14, 2021

Fiction

Emotional Scars in Andre Dubus’ “Gone So Long”

For those of us who read House of Sand and Fog, Andre Dubus III’s new novel again offers distinctive, memorable characters, their backstories, and their dire sadness and loss. In Gone So Long (W.W. Norton & Company), the author gives us Danny and Linda who grew up together in a small…

Susan Shapiro BarashOctober 2, 2018

Fiction

“His Favorites” Exposes Guilt and Vulnerability

With sparse, lyrical language, author of His Favorites (Scribner), Kate Walbert, shines a light on women’s rights as she tells us about Jo’s tragic and unsettling experiences. After being in a deadly accident at 15 years old with her best friends, Jo, a wild and now emotionally broken high school student is…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 14, 2018

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

A Mother Characterized By Her Quotes, Quips and Wisdom

When we think of someone who has shaped our lives, we often find ourselves going back through our memories with them. We find ourselves wishing we could recall the funny stories and words of wisdom they have offered throughout our lives. We never think to write down anecdotes of our…

Kelsey HallSeptember 21, 2022

3 Audiobooks Featuring Journeys, Internal and External

A Poignant Tale of Pursuing Romance in the Face of Loss and Long-Kept Secrets

The “Breaking Bad” of Books: Gailey’s “The Guilt We Carry”

You’ll Never Find a More Faithful Friend Than This (Wo)man’s Best Friend

“Why Her? Why Not Me?” Portrays Unbelievable Grief With Remarkable Authenticity

‘The Best of Us’: Joyce Maynard’s Memoir on Love, Loss and Life

Curl up With a Blanket and a Hot Chocolate for “Grocery Girl,” a Cozy Small-Town Romance

This Heartfelt Children’s Book Celebrates the Devotion Between Pets and Their Humans

“The Fixer and the Garage Door” Tells the Tender Story of a Family’s Love

Finding Joy After Losing a Friend in the Touching Story “Lee and Limbo”

Tall Poppy Review: Fragile Friendships in “The Glass Wives”

Tall Poppy Review: Ghosts of the Past in “One More Day”

Surviving Loss in “Paper Castles,” Where Fiction and Fact Are Difficult to Differentiate

Emotional Scars in Andre Dubus’ “Gone So Long”

“His Favorites” Exposes Guilt and Vulnerability

A Mother Characterized By Her Quotes, Quips and Wisdom

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