Book Review

Book Review: An Unseemly Wife By E.B. Moore

AN UNSEEMLY WIFE By: E.B. Moore Published: October 7, 2014 Publisher: NAL Trade Paperback Fiction/Historical Fiction Ruth and Aaron are living the idyllic Amish life with their four children and one on the way. Their life is far removed from the English, the name they give the non-Amish. Life on their Pennsylvania homestead is a…
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Book Review: A Breast Cancer Alphabet By Madhulika Sikka

A BREAST CANCER ALPHABET By: Madhulika Sikka Published: February 25, 2014 Publisher: Crown, First Edition Non-Fiction I am part of the TLC Book Tour for A BREAST CANCER ALPHABET. To see other stops on this book tour including reviews from other book bloggers and giveaways, click HERE.  During this month of October, I felt it…
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Children’s Book Review: Stormin Norman the Soggy Doggy By Andy Allen

STORMIN NORMAN THE SOGGY DOGGY By: Andy Allen Illustrated By: Brian Barber Published: November 7, 2011 Publisher: Beavers Pond Press I met author, Andy Allen at author event I attended a few weeks ago. You can read more about that event, HERE. We had a great chat and I really love his fabulous children’s book.…
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Book Review: Crazy is Normal By Lloyd Lofthouse

CRAZY IS NORMAL By: Lloyd Lofthouse Published: June 14, 2014 Publisher: Three Clover Press Non-Fiction/Memoir I’m participating in the book tour for CRAZY IS NORMAL with Virtual Author Book Tours. After teaching for twenty years, Lofthouse decided to keep a journal sharing the ups and downs of teaching freshman English and journalism. He kept this…
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Book Review: The Last Breath By Kimberly Belle

 THE LAST BREATH By: Kimberly Belle Published: September 30, 2014 Publisher: Harlequin MIRA Fiction/Women’s Fiction Kimberly Belle packs a punch with a gripping prologue and keeps you turning the pages, assessing your beliefs and leaving you holding your breath all the way to the end. This is Belle’s debut novel and hopefully more are to…
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Book Review: Prescription for Life By Richard Furman

PRESCRIPTION FOR LIFE Three Simple Strategies to Live Younger Longer By: Richard Furman, MD Published: October 7, 2014 Publisher: Revell Non-Fiction Dr. Furman has spent 30 years fixing clogged arteries as a vascular surgeon. He knows what has clogged the thousands of arteries and watched patients leave his hospital only to consume the same foods…
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Books That Came My Way in September

My email inbox has been full of review requests and my regular mailbox has been busy this month.  I have become much pickier about the books I will read and review, but there are so many great books coming out that I can’t pass them up. I am having less and less time to devote…
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READ PINK In Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Read Pink® in Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Support the Next Chapter in Innovative Research Penguin Random House Marks Five-Year Partnership Milestone and $125,000 in Donations to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation® What’s black and white and pink all over?  The initiative by Penguin Random House called Read Pink® in honor of Breast…
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Author Meet and Greet Event

On Sunday I attended a Author Event at Fireside Winery near Williamsburg, Iowa.  I had previously written an article about this event for The Gazette.  You can see that article HERE.  This event was the brain-child of Iowa author, Grace Augustine. She wanted an event to allow Iowans to meet local and even National authors…
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Book Review: How to Write A Memoir in 30 Days By Roberta Temes, PhD

HOW TO WRITE A MEMOIR IN 30 DAYS Step-by-Step Instructions for Creating and Publishing Your Personal Story By: Roberta Temes, PhD Published: March 18, 2014 Publisher: Readers Digest Non-Fiction Do you feel like you have a story to tell?  Are you wanting to record the stories of your ancestors for future generations?  Have you learned…
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Stacie's bookshelf: read-in-2023

The Lazy Genius Kitchen: Have What You Need, Use What You Have, and Enjoy It Like Never Before
Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
The Royal Governess: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II's Childhood
Food Fight
Spare
Foster
This Time Tomorrow
To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings
Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions from a Happy Marriage
Save What's Left
Remarkably Bright Creatures
The Galveston Diet: The Doctor-Developed, Patient-Proven Plan to Burn Fat and Tame Your Hormonal Symptoms
Golden Hills
The Girl with the Louding Voice
The Favor
Small Things Like These
This Is How I Lied
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Audrey L and Audrey W: Best Friends-ish: Book 1
Audrey L and Audrey W: True Creative Talents: Book 2
Chasing Giants: In Search of the World's Largest Freshwater Fish
The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life
In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It
It Is Well With My Soul: My Story
Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember
Book Lovers
A Girl Called Samson
Finn and the Feline Frenemy
The Levee
The Golden Spoon
Only the Beautiful
Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories
The Sisters Sweet
Fish in a Tree
This Tender Land
Intermittent Fasting Transformation: The 45-Day Program for Women to Lose Stubborn Weight, Improve Hormonal Health, and Slow Aging
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
Ben Y and the Ghost in the Machine
The Great Gilly Hopkins
BenBee and the Teacher Griefer
We Should Not Be Friends: The Story of a Friendship
Blue Highways: A Journey into America
Beyond the Point
The Family
Hamnet
The Bookstore Sisters
And Finally: Matters of Life and Death
The Cactus
Black Cake
Ban This Book
Passing
I'm Glad My Mom Died
These Precious Days: Essays
Evidence of the Affair
The Night Travelers
Out of the Corner
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
One Day in December

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