Monthly Wrap Up April 2026

We’re still having some temperature swings, but they’re heading in the warmer direction for the most part. It’s bananas to think that I have seen climate change alter weather patterns and they keep getting more extreme. As if my brain needed one more thing to worry about, here […]

State Of The ARC #62

I finished March with 27 ARCs left to be read.  It’s definitely springtime—the weather is vacillating between warm and cool, sun and clouds, and rain. Mom got away to Florida to visit the grandkids, great-grandkids, and her siblings, and I got a nice quiet break at home. I […]

Mad Mabel By Sally Hepworth

Mad Mabel Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. From Sally Hepworth, the New York Times bestselling author of The Soulmate and The Good Sister, comes a twist-filled, darkly funny mystery about the two kinds of people […]

The Story Keeper By Kelly Rimmer

The Story Keeper Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Audio for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. A crumbling mansion, a forgotten book, and a mystery that could destroy them all . . . Beneath the decaying grandeur of Wurimbirra, […]

Enormous Wings By Laurie Frankel

Enormous Wings Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. From the beloved New York Times bestselling author Laurie Frankel, an exuberant and timely new novel. At seventy-seven, Pepper Mills is too old to be a […]

Holy Island By LJ Ross

Holy Island Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Detective Chief Inspector Ryan retreats to Holy Island seeking sanctuary when he is forced to take sabbatical leave from his duties as a […]