A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscats / children's book / picture booksNo Comments
Cat lovers will purr for this paws-itively charming picture book—a celebration of felines and their many moods Porch cat Tree cat Book cat Barn cat Sun cat Mat cat Wherever there is yarn cat Emi Lenox’s charming and wonderfully expressive artwork is paired with a simple rhyming text that details ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1930s / aristocrats / Business woman / England / First-Person / high society / Historical / self discovery / slow burn / Womens-Fiction6 Comments
In early 1930s England, a young firebrand finds herself on a fraught and dangerous road to independence. In 1931 England, Astra Davies defies all the conventions. Clever, witty, and determined, Astra smokes, drinks, plays a mean piano, and gallivants around London with her beloved Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. But Astra ... more >
A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscats / Historical / Late Victorian / League of Extraordinary Women Series / publishing / suffragette15 Comments
A lady must have money and an army of her own if she is to win a revolution—but first, she must pit her wits against the wiles of an irresistible rogue bent on wrecking her plans…and her heart. Lady Lucie is fuming. She and her band of Oxford suffragists have ... more >
A Review Category / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1950s / mystery / private investigators13 Comments
Aging millionairess Mrs. Rackham asks Nero Wolfe to find out where her penniless husband has suddenly been obtaining mysteriously large sums of money, a request that leads to murder and to threats against the master detective himself. Review: Warning : murder of the dog Dear readers, I am a big ... more >
A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscake / Contemporary / England / grumpy one and sunshiney one / rivals to lovers13 Comments
CW: parental death, emotional abuse (childhood), cancer Dear Lucy Parker, If ever a book was made to please me, Battle Royal is it. It even has cake! I have a soft spot for the grumpy one and the sunshiney one and when he’s also a cinnamon roll? Sign me up. ... more >
A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschildren's book / friendship / picture books2 Comments
“Meet Stick and Stone. They stick up for each other, because friends rock.” When Stick rescues Stone from a prickly situation with a Pinecone, a friendship is born. But when Stick gets stuck, can Stone return the favor? With simple, rhyming text, subtle messages of kindness and compassion, and Tom ... more >