It's the time of the year to look back and reflect on what we read and what we loved. Here are my 19 favorites from 2019, plus 1 additional title (as usual). You'll find a few family sagas, psychological thrillers and romances, books with unreliable narrators or 'what...
If a trip to France isn't in your near future, transport yourself there by reading one of these terrific books! The Lost Vintage by Ann Mah - Kate has qualified to take the elite Master of Wine Examination, and, in preparation, has decided to travel to Burgundy to...
The Most Fun We Ever Had, the debut novel by 30ish Claire Lombardo may appear to the reader to be written by an older more mature writer, someone who has lived a long life, has experienced and fully understands family dynamics, and perhaps studied psychology. Lombardo...
I had never heard of Tembi Locke, the author, actress, and widow until I read her story, From Scratch: a Memoir of Love, Sicily and Finding Home (Overdrive Ebook/Audiobook) and I am now a fan for life. Her heartbreaking but life-affirming book about meeting her...
In Samantha Downing's debut novel, My Lovely Wife, the unnamed narrator who is a tennis coach and his wife, Millicent, a real estate agent, have been happily(?) married for 15 years and have two children. One might assume that they are a little bored, the way couples...
January is the perfect time to reflect on what we read last year and to compile a list of our favorite books. Below are the titles that made a big impression on me in 2018. As in years past, there are memoirs filled with resilience, abuse, horror as well as humor and...
Jack Ford's compelling, historical novel, Chariot on the Mountain, is based on little known events that took place in Rappahannock County,Virginia and Pennsylvania in 1849. On slave owner Samuel Maddox's deathbed, he implores Mary, his wife, to free his illegitimate...
If you are looking for romantic escapist fiction set in an idyllic location to get your mind off of current events in the country, try one of Elin Hilderbrand’s Nantucket novels. Hildebrand has written many books based on Nantucket and it's clear that she's a perfect...
Sarah Haywood's debut novel, The Cactus, is a perfect mashup of the books Eleanor Oliphant and The Rosie Project. Her character, Susan Green, is an independent, professional woman who has ordered her life so that every second and event is accounted for; she rarely...
Every book isn't appropriate to read online and Lonely Planet's The Travel Book is a perfect example. This exquisitely photographed coffee table book belongs in the home of every traveler, would be traveler or armchair traveler. Two page entries for the 230 countries...