You have to love the fact that literature gives us the opportunity to write down our crazy stories. We each have vivid imaginations and would love to have our own stories published. While reading The Bloody Shoe Affair by Joy York I had a lot of thoughts run through my head, and one of them was the fact that I […]

I like leaving the world behind and immersing myself in a good series. Yes, there are stories that are better left to just one novel. But then there are those characters that deserve to have their stories told. What I find is that the author then has a difficult job in creating original stories and making sure that the main […]

Have you ever picked up a book that has you screaming at the characters for being so stupid? While reading Broken Homes & Gardens, by Rebecca Kelley, I found myself talking to myself and frustrated at the characters throughout the whole book. No I’m not crazy, but I did connect with the characters in this romantic novel. Malcom and Joanna […]

Stepping into his floating bookstore on a barge, The Literary Apothecary, you might not get the book you want, but you’ll get the one you need – even if you didn’t know it. Nina George’s international bestseller, The Little Paris Bookshop, now translated into English for the first time since its original 2013 German publication, is a story about grief, denial, love, heartbreak, friendship, […]

Written by Shanna Mahin, Oh! You Pretty Things follows Jess Dunne, a recently divorced California native, as she navigates through the not-so-glamorous side of Hollywood. The third generation Hollywood barista/aspiring chef goes from job to job, usually not giving any notice and is struggling to make ends meet. Make no mistake. Jess doesn’t actually want to be an actor, but […]

When I first sat down to listen to Antonia Murphy’s audio book, I had a certain expectation in mind. For one thing, the title is “Dirty Chick” so my thoughts were immediately painted with images of young girls partying in the city, barely clothed, leaning up against one another with heavy eyelids and smeared lipstick. I was undoubtedly intrigued, but […]

Munir Bello has written a laugh out loud novel from the view of a break-up from a man’s perspective. Women can finally get a peek into what goes on in a man’s head before, during, and after dating; what goes on in their minds is something that should be dissected very carefully. The Break Up Recipe follows the lift of Mark Mutton, […]

The Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China is an audio book written and narrated by author Evan Osnos. This “work of nonfiction based on eight years of conversation,” though slightly daunting in length (the whole audio book, consisting of two parts, is a whopping 17 hours long), is rich in information with fascinating facts […]

Laugh out loud funny! Dog Training the American Male: A Novel, by L.A. Knight will have you in stitches. The novel follows Dr. Nancy Beach, a relationship counselor and radio talk show host, who ironically is not able to make her own relationships work. So how is a relationship counselor able to help other people with their relationships when in fact […]

In literature, it can be very difficult to tackle a taboo subject and do it with finesse. Greg Levin does an amazing job covering the highly controversial topic of voluntary euthanasia in his novel The Exit Man. The book focuses on Eli Edelmann, otherwise known as ‘the exit man,’ who somehow finds himself with an unusual side job…helping those with terminal […]