I have had The Mara Dyer Trilogy by Michelle Hodkin on my list for a loooong time and finally read it over the course of our travels this summer.  I flew through the books and loved every single one!! Mara cannot remember anything about the night her friends died. All she knows is what she’s been told:… Read More

I can’t remember the last time I watched five minutes of tv, but I’ve been devouring books! One of my latest reads was Every Last Lie by Mary Kubica.  It is not as good as her previous bestseller, The Good Girl, but I enjoyed it.  I found it interesting and suspenseful, and legitimately couldn’t figure out… Read More

If you have been looking for the PERFECT light, entertaining summer read, I have to recommend The Peachtree Bluff Series by Kristy Woodson Harvey.  There are two books in The Peachtree Bluff Series, Slightly South of Simple and The Secret to Southern Charm,  featuring a trio of sisters and their mother set in a sleepy Southern… Read More

When Mother and I cruised together with the boys in February, she was reading The Other Boleyn Girl and literally could not put it down.  I kept willing her to finish it for two reasons: 1) so we could go do something fun and 2) so I could take my turn at reading it.  :-) … Read More

I read America’s First Daughter while on our D.C. trip and absolutely LOVED it!  It is the best book I have read in recent memory.  In fact, I usually pass along any books I purchase to a friend but this one I could only loan to Mother because I want to read it again.  There were… Read More

While at the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration, Mother and I took full advantage of the boys being happily cared for in the kids clubs and devoured a few books!  I started – and finished – The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. Official synopsis: Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may… Read More