Regardless of the size of a neighborhood, do we ever really know our neighbors? Retirement communities typically have a slow-going pace with committees and activities to help with socializing. Yet, keeping to one’s self can sound very appealing to many. Retirement, aging and end of life can cause some struggles to deal with, both physically […]
I enjoyed this book. It was funny and entertaining gripping your attention and making you want to know what happens next. Lizza is disgusted and embarrassed by everything her father is doing for their family. As a typical preteen girl, she would prefer to not have so many embarrassing things happening within her family to […]
Annie is not looking to settle down. She is over the entire aspect of getting married. Craig doesn’t have any interest in being serious with anyone, ever. But for whatever reason, they have an unquenchable, undeniable attraction to one another. After an agreement to just let the next 2 weeks run their course and then […]
Within a small town where “outsiders” are quickly noticed and slowly accepted, the new people are obviously the first suspects when anything changes.But it’s not just the new people that seem off here, it’s also an entire area around an abandoned house. However people seem much more drawn to finding out about the every house […]
Pyper is great at giving everyone advice, and they all look to her to do so. She’s caring and compassionate and not wanting anyone to feel the way she did. Last year’s prom changed her entire outlook on many things – boys, high school and her future. Being a great big sister and a good […]
This book sucks you in from the very first sentence and keeps you there for the entire book. The characters and storyline are intriguing the entire way through. Mitch is going through so many things in every aspect of his life that it feels like he just can’t win and right when you think you […]
A fantastic children’s book with a good lesson to it. I read this with my 6 year old and was very impressed when her response to Chester putting everything under the bed was “you aren’t supposed to do that! That’s not really cleaning”. But she definitely did want to have her own Messy Kid friends […]
I was very invested in the book from the start because it draws you in immediately. I also felt connected since I am personally familiar with the area in which Paige lives. I smiled with how accurate the description of Paige’s hometown and job and past times and how they resonated with me also growing […]
As a big fan of true crime to begin with, I was hooked from the foreward. Toby did some wonderful things from inside the jail walls. Things that changed the jail systems she was in. The way she talks about how she got through her sentencing and used that time to heal herself is exactly […]
5 stars from me! Everything from sibling relationships and support systems to overcoming fears and personal growth, this book has it all. Having her brother constantly telling her what she’s doing wrong and framing it as something their parents wanted him to do has Bailey exhausted and feeling like she’s never enough. But at the […]
