Book Review
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🧳Time Travel Thursday On A Wednesday: What Was I Reading Last Year At This Time (July 2026 Edition)
Time Travel Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog where readers take a look back at what they were reading this time last year (or the year before or the year before that…) Last year, towards the end of July 2025, I had just finished Just Beachy by Wendy Wax. “A… Continue reading
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☕The Sunday Salon: July 26, 2026 🎆
Happy Sunday! Thanks to Deb Nance at Readerbuzz for hosting The Sunday Salon. Weekly Reads Round Up: Favorite Read of the Week Mrs. Tim Flies Home (Mrs. Tim #5) by D.E. Stevenson – My summer with Mrs. Tim has come to an end and I’m bereft. I read this one so slowly because I didn’t… Continue reading
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Picture Book Spotlight: July 2026
One of my 2026 reading resolutions is to read 46 new to me picture books. I thought it would be fun to take one day a month and spotlight picture books I have read and enjoyed recently. Outside In and the Inside Out: A Story About Arnold Lobel by Emmy Kastner “A thoughtful and whimsical… Continue reading
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⛪Virtual Book Tour & Book Review & #Giveaway: The Case of the Christie Wedding Affair (The Detection Club) by Kelly Oliver
Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for AThe Case of the Christie Wedding Affair (The Detection Club) by Kelly Oliver! Today we are featuring a review of the fourth book in this historical cozy mystery series. Head to the remote Isle of Skye in this delightful and gripping golden-age mystery… Continue reading
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☕The Sunday Salon: July 19, 2026 🎆
Happy Sunday! Thanks to Deb Nance at Readerbuzz for hosting The Sunday Salon. Weekly Reads Round Up: Favorite Read of the Week Will’s Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes – “It’s 1889, barely twenty-five years after the Emancipation Proclamation, and a young Black family is tired of working on land they don’t get to… Continue reading
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💒Virtual Book Tour & Book Review & #Giveaway: Crying in the Chapel: A Swinging Sixties Mystery by Teresa Trent
Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Crying in the Chapel: A Swinging Sixties Mystery by Teresa Trent! Today we are featuring a review of book five in this cozy mystery series. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews, and more! There is also… Continue reading
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Can’t Wait Wednesday & Top Ten Tuesday
Can’t-Wait Wednesday July 2026 Edition: Secret, Book, & Scone Society #9: The Liars’ Book Club by Ellery Adams Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on… Continue reading
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🔮Virtual Book Tour & Book Review & #Giveaway: Murder at First Sight (Suddenly Psychic) by JP Bird
Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Murder at First Sight (Suddenly Psychic) by JP Bird! Today we are featuring a review of the first book in this new series. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews, and more! There is also a Giveaway… Continue reading
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❄️Book Covers with Cold Vibes: A Book List
After the heat wave that hit the midwest, the AC going out and future summer temps, I decided against a book list featuring books with summer vibes. This week I’m highlighting books that give us all the coldness. There are some I’ve read and a few I’ve added to my summer TBR. Books I’ve Read… Continue reading
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☕The Sunday Salon: July12, 2026 🎆
Happy Sunday! Thanks to Deb Nance at Readerbuzz for hosting The Sunday Salon. Weekly Reads Round Up: Favorite Read of the Week Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry – Wow! How do I write a few sentences about a 945 page book?! I read this over the last month. It did take me about 100 pages… Continue reading
About Me
Welcome! I started my career as a children’s librarian, later becoming a public library director and now I’m a stay at home mom. While my career might have changed, my love of reading has been a constant since I was in 4th grade, and I read over 200 books a year. I love talking about books and connecting readers of all ages with just the right book. Thanks for reading!
Recent Posts
- ☕The Sunday Salon: November 1, 2026 🦃
- 👻Virtual Book Tour & Book Review & #Giveaway: The Ghost and the Dead Librarian (A Haunted Bookshop Detective Mystery) by Cleo Coyle
- 📚Middle Grade Spotlight: October 2026 Edition
- ☕The Sunday Salon: October 25, 2026 🎃
- 🌲Virtual Book Tour & Book Review & #Giveaway: Eggnog & Evidence: A Maine Campground Cozy Mystery by Nikki Weber
