First of all, I had no clue Worth Killing For was the 3rd in a series. With that said, I didn’t feel like I missed a beat about the main character, Julia Gooden. She’s a crime reporter for a Detroit …
I not only learned new things about 29 influential women, I also discovered new heroes after reading In Praise of Difficult Womenย byย Karen Karbo. It was an inspirational read, just in time for Women’s History Month! The way Karbo writes these …
Summary: Sophieโs got it all. A successful career that allows her to travel around the world and an apartment in New York City. The book starts off with a girl’s trip to Hong Kong, except after a few hours of …
Reading a book about budgeting and getting your finances on track at the beginning of the year was great. Always a resolution of mine to make better money choices. Right after reading You Need A Budget, I felt so much …
We Need to Talkย by Celeste Headlee was so incredibly timely for me as I just started a fully remote job that requires me to communicate with coworkers and clients through digital channels. I’ve always been an early adopter of new …
About The Fire By Night A powerful and evocative debut novel about two American military nurses during World War II that illuminates the unsung heroism of women who risked their lives in the fightโa riveting saga of friendship, valor, sacrifice, …
As a new contributor to Literary Quicksand, you may not know how much I enjoy reading historical fiction (and non-fiction, in this case) yet. So, when I heard about the opportunity to join a book tour for Forty Autumns, I …
I have been obsessively following along with Booksparksโ Summer Reading Challenge (#SRC17) and for participating in one of their weekly contests, I won a book! The book was Goodnight from London by Jennifer Robson. I was excited about this one …
I listened toย The Gamesย byย Tedย Kosmatkaย while we traveled from Duluth, MN to Rapid City, SD. All the hot new releases seem to always have a long holding period so I strolled the aisles at the library, found the sci-fi section, and this …