Does listening to an audiobook count as reading? It’s a question that has led to many a heated debate in the literary world. Can you say that you’ve “read” a book if you listened to it on road trip to …

Helloooooo July! This month is coming in hot for us here in Minnesota. Too hot to even enjoy sitting and reading outside! Thank goodness for central air conditioning 😂. Anyway, here’s what we’re into this week. How about you?   Allison …

As if things couldn’t get any worse, the day Rachael’s mother dies she receives an invitation to her former boyfriend’s wedding…in Paris. For the past ten years, Rachael’s taken care of her mother on the family farm in Australia. She …

Caroline is a lovely story for anyone that’s a fan of Little House on the Prairie and Laura Ingalls Wilder. I was surprised (happily) to see this title arrive in my mailbox because I’ve been trying to get out of …

Stifling heat. Dry, cracked earth. A parched, empty landscape as far as the eye can see. Jane Harper’s descriptions of a small farming town in the Australian outback had me sweating all the way through her thrilling mystery, The Dry. …

Yes, I know what you’re thinking. That is one long title. But it is fittingly so since this story centers around a group of retired wordsmiths. The Bar Harbor Retirement Home (dubbed “The Pen” by its residents) is a haven …

Meet Savannah Barrington, a mother of two with a husband who just had an affair and is now asking for a divorce. This sounds like the start to any number of novels, but Where Hope Begins avoids falling into a …

Left is an honest and unflinching story that tackles the reality of having a family member with dementia. Fay Agarra struggles to be heard and taken seriously when her husband begins to change. Beginning with one incident while on vacation, …