The premise of Everything is Negotiable is that there are five tactics to get what you want in life, work, and love, and is focused on women. Morgan’s perspective is based on her personal life coupled with her work in academia. She provides [...]
Miranda Brooks has loving parents and a doting uncle who owns Prospero Books. Her uncle, Billy, celebrated each of Miranda’s birthdays by entertaining her with a scavenger hunt and a visit to the book store. Miranda relished these birthday hunts [...]
The Pacific Northwest is known as a foodie paradise and Darrin Nordahl keeps that reputation alive with his book, Eating the Pacific Northwest. Nordahl begins his belief with a brief history of the area and how food indigenous to the area [...]
Waiting for Eden is a powerful book and yet, a reader could be fooled by its simplicity. The reader meets Eden in a hospital room and he is not recognizable as his former self. His war injuries leave him unable to speak or even communicate in [...]
Fourteen islands and seven marine parks are explored in Kahn’s Hiking the Gulf Islands of British Columbia. But first, Kahn begins with the history of the area, hiking etiquette and tips, overview of the flora and fauna, and even safety tips. He [...]
An entertaining read, Not Perfect, by Elizabeth LaBan introduces the reader to Tabitha Brewer. Overnight, Tabitha goes from a charmed life to a “scraping by” existence when her husband suddenly disappears. Tabitha is so concerned with keeping up [...]
Noble’s Lighthouse Beach gives the reader a glimpse of four unique characters dealing with personal issues. Lillo gets invited to her childhood friend’s exclusive wedding in Kennebunkport. She is not sure why she was invited, and she definitely [...]
Anne Tyler creates characters easy to identify with, easy to love, and certainly easy to be engrossed by. In Clock Dance, the reader meets Willa Drake at four important points in her life: 1967, 1977, 1997, and 2017. In 1967 Willa watches her [...]
The premise of The Missing Ingredient is how time plays a role in food, but, this book explores so much more than just time. The book has sections based on Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years. Linford weaves her own personal [...]
Essie has experiences way beyond her seventeen years because she is a TV star on her family’s reality show. Her father is an evangelical preacher and her mother carefully presents her perfect family to the world. But, to no surprise, below the [...]
David and Caroline Connolly appear to have mastered the tough times in their marriage being sandwiched between an aging parent, grumpy kids, and hard-fought careers. The marriage even weathered a quick crush by Caroline and a fellow [...]
The Natural Home is a treasure trove of cleaning solutions. This book will definitely dispel the myth that harsh chemicals are needed to clean. An added bonus is that money can be saved by making your own cleaning solutions. The book is not only [...]
Navin expertly captures the heart-wrenching issue of school shootings through the eyes of a six-year-old. Zach Taylor hides in his classroom closet as a shooting rampage happens in his school. When the shooting storm is over, 19 people are dead. [...]
In The One Percent Edge Solovic challenges businesses to confront the status quo by always assessing and making incremental improvements. Changes should focus on products, customers, people, processes, marketing, finances, and leadership. There [...]
Agronin proposes that the reader change his lens when it comes to how to view aging. Oftentimes, people are looking for the magic pill to sustain a fountain of youth, but instead need to just view aging differently. “The bottom line is that you [...]
Marriages take work and faces lots challenges, so when Celestial and Roy face unexpected trauma as newlyweds, the stakes are even greater. Celestial is a rising artist and Roy is a business executive and by outward appearances they are a [...]
Jojo Moyes continues the story of Louisa Clark in her latest book, Still Me. Louisa’s constant reminders of Will launch her into her next adventure in New York City. Louisa takes a role as a personal assistant to a super wealthy couple, [...]
Let’s face it, the holidays combined with wonky family dynamics can be a stressful time for many folks. So, when Thanksgiving Day finds Adam and Marissa at crossroads in their lives, readers will immediately connect to the characters. Adam is a [...]
Isabel Archer is a young, naïve, wealthy lady that finds herself deceived. When Isabel inherits a small fortune, the vultures surround her and she unwittingly marries poorly. The marriage is for money, although she is too naïve to realize it [...]
The small brown and pink whimsical cover immediately makes the potential reader curious about what Chocolatology potentially offers. Who doesn’t love chocolate and this quirky book reminds us of all the reasons why chocolate intrigues us. The [...]
