I read this book today, sitting on a beach at the lake. While my setting lacked the salt air and the seashells, the waves were still crashing down loudly while I read. This is a collection of essays or short memoirs written by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, wife of Charles Lindbergh. Each chapter is given the name of a shell, which becomes the metaphor for different stages and struggles of a woman’s life. Several of her … Read More “Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh” »
Author: Erin Shanahan
Former in-house book editor turned stay-at-home mom who will hopefully return to the industry some day -- let me know if you hear of any openings -- but for now who reads as much as I can and reviews online, both here and on Instagram (@bookwormerin.) I love books. Reading them. Buying them. Recommending them. I was the kid whose mother had to limit the number of books I could check out from the library each week to the number of books I could physically carry home. Now, I have a husband who enables me, children who love books almost as much as I do, and a bit too much time on my hands, which I fill with reading.I really enjoyed this mix of mystery, family drama, and love story with a bit of “magick” thrown in. The Moon Girls are taught from a young age that their singular goal in life is to have a daughter — specifically without a husband — and to raise her to follow in the Moon legacy of strength and magick. Elzibeth (Lizzy) Moon wants nothing to do with that life, and leaves for New York, not … Read More “The Last of the Moon Girls by Barbara Davis” »
As a suspenseful thriller — which is how this book is being advertised — it’s a letdown. There was no suspense, no mystery, and it was slow. However, if it had been marketed as fiction or literary fiction, I probably would have liked it more. Pax, a wannabe actor, is rushing to a meeting for what he believes will be his big break in the industry after so many years, when he hears a scream … Read More “The Lies I Never Told You by Valérie Tong Cuong” »
I read this book straight through, although it can be read according to the Baroness’ sequence, which we are given at the beginning, as well. Crossings is made up of three interrelated stories about two members of a group of people from a Pacific Island who obey “The Law.” They are trained from childhood to be able to “cross” into another’s body by staring into their eyes. But the most important rule is that there … Read More “Crossings by Alex Landragin” »
This one sucked me in, and I can’t wait for the author to write the next book in this series. Notorious serial killer Benjamin Wayne Fisher promises to tell young detective Daniel Ellis where he hid the bodies… As long as Benjamin’s daughter, Reni Fisher, a former FBI profiler, comes along for the ride. Things don’t go as planned, and Reni has to decide whether or not she can help Daniel and confront her own … Read More “Find Me by Anne Frasier” »