Book Review

  • The Friday Review: The Curious Inheritance of Blakely House

    By Joanna Davidson Politano I won’t pass up a chance to read a Joanna Davidson Politano book, so I was thrilled to get my hands on an ARC through NetGalley. Sydney Forrester has a mechanical mind. She loves to create,… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: The Curious Inheritance of Blakely House
  • The Friday Review: The Burning of Rosemont Abbey

    By Naomi Stephens Wow! I think I might have found my favorite book of 2025! Nancy Drew meets Agatha Christie in this 1950’s British mystery.  Paul Everly burnt Rosemont Abbey to the ground and then disappeared. That’s what everyone believes.… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: The Burning of Rosemont Abbey
  • The Friday Review: What is a Healthy Church?

    By Mark Dever This was a short, easy, interesting read that I highly recommend to Christian churchgoers everywhere. Whether you are a happy member of your local church, frustrated and searching for a new church, or a new or transplanted… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: What is a Healthy Church?
  • The Friday Review: Don’t Let Go

    By Harlan Coban I flip-flopped back and forth on what star rating to give this book. There were times I really didn’t like it and was flirting with a 2 Star review. And then the ending hit. New Jersey detective… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: Don’t Let Go
  • The Indigo Heiress

    By Laura Frantz January = new Laura Frantz book! I am always thrilled to start my year with a trip back in time to Colonial America. This time, Scotland was the additional bonus! Juliet Catesby has a head for business… Continue reading

    The Indigo Heiress
  • The Friday Review: The Swamp Fox

    By John Oller The Friday Review: The Swamp Fox: How Francis Marion Saved the American Revolution By John Oller As a kid, I devoured books about Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox. I loved the idea of a hero who, like… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: The Swamp Fox
  • The Friday Review: Something I Am Not

    By Cher Gatto 17-year-old Billy McQueen is the star high school quarterback, popular with his friends, the crush of all the schoolgirls, and with just enough of a wild streak to keep him in and out of the principal’s office. … Continue reading

    The Friday Review: Something I Am Not
  • The Friday Review: The Gift of Fear

    By Gavin de Becker A friend recommended this book to me the other year, so I got it from the library, thinking I could use it as character research. I didn’t realize it was real-life research. Written by one of… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: The Gift of Fear
  • The Friday Review: Beyond Reasonable Doubt

    By Robert Dugoni (Keera Duggan Series Book 2) Jenna Berstein had it all: the looks, the brains, the money, and a revolutionary start-up company that will change the face of modern medicine. But behind her magazine cover life is a… Continue reading

    The Friday Review: Beyond Reasonable Doubt
  • A Hundred Magical Reasons by Laura DeNooyer

    The Friday Review: A Hundred Magical Reasons By Laura DeNooyer The phrase “life is a fairy tale” can conjure up images of flowers and fairies and happily-ever-afters. But sometimes dragons lurk in those fairy tales – and the real-life dragons… Continue reading

    A Hundred Magical Reasons by Laura DeNooyer