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☕The Sunday Salon: October 25, 2026 🎃
Happy Sunday! Thanks to Deb Nance at Readerbuzz for hosting The Sunday Salon. Weekly Reads Round Up: Favorite Read of the Week Miss Wolcott’s Ghost (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #21) by Louise Penny – A cryptic middle of the night phone call opens “Miss Wolcott’s Ghost,” the 21st entry into the “Chief Inspector Armand Gamache”… Continue reading
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☕The Sunday Salon: October 18, 2026 🎃
Happy Sunday! Thanks to Deb Nance at Readerbuzz for hosting The Sunday Salon. Weekly Reads Round Up: Favorite Read of the Week Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made by Kristin Kobes Du Mez – “From the New York Times best-selling author of Jesus and John Wayne,… Continue reading
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☕The Sunday Salon: October 11, 2026 🎃
Happy Sunday! Thanks to Deb Nance at Readerbuzz for hosting The Sunday Salon. Weekly Reads Round Up: Favorite Read of the Week Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, #2) by Alexander McCall Smith – I’m so glad I’ve discovered this backlist series. It is exactly what I need in my ears during… Continue reading
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☕The Sunday Salon: September 20, 2026 🍎
Happy Sunday! Thanks to Deb Nance at Readerbuzz for hosting The Sunday Salon. Weekly Reads Round Up: Favorite Read of the Week Stillmeadow Daybook (Stillmeadow #5) by Gladys Taber – I first learned about Gladys Taber from reading Susan Branch’s memoirs, and then I saw Deb Nance at Readerbuzz loved this so I found a… Continue reading
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☕The Sunday Salon: September 13, 2026 🍎
Happy Sunday! Thanks to Deb Nance at Readerbuzz for hosting The Sunday Salon. Weekly Reads Round Up: Favorite Read of the Week Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s America by Laura Shapiro – I do not remember how I learned about this fascinating book, but I’m so glad I did. This is both… Continue reading
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☕The Sunday Salon: August 30, 2026 🌻
Happy Sunday! Thanks to Deb Nance at Readerbuzz for hosting The Sunday Salon. Weekly Reads Round Up: Favorite Read of the Week A Fine Romance: Falling in Love with the English Countryside (Susan Branch’s Memoirs #3) by Susan Branch – I feel so lucky that I stumbled upon Susan Branch’s memoirs this summer while browsing the… Continue reading
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🎉Virtual Book Tour & Book Review & #Giveaway: A Murderer’s Guide to Mardi Gras (Vintage Cookbook Mysteries) by Ellen Byron
Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for A Murderers Guide to Mardi Gras (Vintage Cookbook Mysteries) by Ellen Byron ! Today we are featuring a review of the fifth book in one of my favorite cozy mystery series. Perfect for fans of Joanne Fluke, these delightful mysteries bring New Orleans… Continue reading
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⭐ Five Star Reads: Monthly Favorites (July 2026)
In July 2026 I read 46 books, 23 of those were picture books and 9 were audiobooks. I read a wide variety of genres with no leader. The longest book I read was Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry at 960 pages, and the shortest book was a nonfiction picture book called The Escape Artist: A… 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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☕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
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
