When Lillo receives an invite to the wedding of her childhood friend, Jess, she isn’t quite sure what to expect. They haven’t spoken in years, but she discovers Jess needs her support to find the strength to leave her controlling …

The Last Ballad is the most recent book by author Wiley Cash. I was immediately drawn to the premise of this book because it was based on actual events that took place in Gastonia, North Carolina during the summer of …

The Book When the trailer for Murder on the Orient Express emerged in 2017, I knew I was going to be all over it. The boyfriend and I scheduled a “movie day” with his mom, who is a huge crime reader (and …

I received a copy of It Takes Death to Reach a Star from Vesuvian Books in exchange for an honest review. TLC Book tours sent me a fabulous one last time, so I was very excited to get this one. …

Mysteries and suspense novels aren’t usually my favorite thing to read, but after reading Lisa Jewell’s The Girls in the Garden back in 2016, I knew I wanted to read her new release, Then She Was Gone. I was hearing …

This one took me a bit to get into because while I was reading the first few chapters, I kept thinking it was Cinderella’s voice. I had to remind myself many times that this isn’t another story about a princess. …

Story: Saving Tarboo Creek by Scott Freeman and Susan Leopold Freeman is a collection of stories about the family’s ecological conservation efforts both in the Tarboo Creek watershed in Washington state and across the country. Significant time is also spent sharing …

Hello, June! Hard to believe we’re so far into the year already. Summer feels in full swing in Minnesota – hoping it’s been lovely enough for some outdoor reading wherever you are too!   Allison I started listening to Outlander …