There are certain authors who just have a way of telling a story that is soothing and lyrical while also pulling you so deeply into the story that you are completely embedded within the world. In The Bronte Plot from award-winning author Katherine Reay, Lucy Alling loves old books. But she almost loves them too much, because she creates stories …
Fiction Friday: At Love’s Bidding
I know you’re thinking: “It’s not Friday, Cara.” Oh, so true. But I actually took a break over Christmas, and want to share this book with you now 😉 I’ve got a giveaway and the author has a great giveaway that ends TODAY. Hence the Fiction Friday post, that’s really a Fiction Tuesday post. Some books arrive, and I can’t wait …
Fiction Friday: Books I’m Reading & My TBR Pile
Today starts my last weekend of MBA classes. Woot! If you missed my happy dance, be sure to go here. It’s six seconds of sheer silliness that had my 14 year-old rolling her eyes. Because of the intensity of these last days of classes, I haven’t finished a novel this week. Scandalous! But I’m in the process with two I’m really enjoying. Need …
Media Mail & Books
The longer I write the more I get asked to read books for endorsement. It’s something I love to do…especially when it’s for a writer that I know I’ve enjoyed their prior books. I still get a little giddy thinking anyone really cares what I think about a book. Because of this, I receive a couple books a week. Last week …
Two books I’ve loved: suspense and romcom
Okay, so these two books are about as different as you can get…yet I read and enjoyed them both in the last couple weeks. What can I say? I like to read broadly. Lynette Eason‘s Nowhere to Turn is a page-turner of a romantic suspense. Danielle Harding just wants to escape her abusive husband. The day she has the courage …