In For Duck’s Sake, Meg has had enough of planning huge events. When her town decides to have a parade and fair to support an animal adoption event, she successfully pawns off the leadership of it to her uber organized mother. That leaves Meg plenty of time to help theContinue Reading
Twin girls adopted at birth by two families. One is middle class. One is upper class. The rich one is accused of murdering her family’s biological daughter. The other tries to get her freed from The Locked Ward, a psychiatric hospital where she is being held on a murder charge.Continue Reading
A group of sentient robots decide to run the restaurant where they work after their owners disappear in Automatic Noodle. While the characters are interesting, the world building is the best part of the book. California has broken off from the rest of America after a prolonged war. The humansContinue Reading
The World Inside is a ghost story written with teens in mind. However, since the prose is at a third grade level, per the publisher, even younger children might enjoy it too. Fifteen-year-old Tamika’s mother won’t let her join her friends in Paris for a summer vacation. Instead, she isContinue Reading
Reading Tea with Jam & Dread, the sixth entry in the Tea by the Sea cozy mystery series, is like slipping on a warm robe on a chilly winter day. It’s comforting and lets you forget all the troubling “fake” news of late. In the book, Cape Cod tearoom proprietorContinue Reading
Preserving the Seasons begins with brief overviews of all the ways to save your garden, or farmers market’s, bounty. Freezing, pickling, water bath canning, drying, dehydrating and freeze drying are all covered as are various types of infusions. I don’t know if everyone has a relative like my grandma. SheContinue Reading