Book Reviews

June 15, 2018

The Woolgrower’s Companion by Joy Rhoades (Review by Sharron McKenzie)

Rating: 4/5* Kate Dowd has spent her whole life on her family’s New South Wales sheep farm, Amiens, and can’t imagine living anywhere else. In 1945, […]
June 13, 2018

The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware (Review by Danielle Jackson)

Rating: 4/5* The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware is a suspenseful and eerie novel set mostly in a dilapidated, gothic mansion in England. The […]
June 11, 2018

The Seasons of My Mother by Marcia Gay Harden (Review by Emily Jones)

Rating: 2/5* I read The Seasons of my Mother for the book club, and I will admit, I struggled. I’m usually a monogamous reader and will […]
June 9, 2018

Still Water by Amy Stuart (Review by Emily Jones)

Rating: 3.5/5* Still Water was a very interesting novel that really snared the reader’s attention early. The book is dark and complex read that delves into […]
June 7, 2018

Birds of Wonder by Cynthia Robinson (Review by Julie Ramhold)

Rating: 2/5* I just didn’t like this book. It reads like a stereotypical police procedural in the beginning – woman walking dog discovers a dead body. […]
June 5, 2018

The Other Girl by Erica Spindler (Review by Kirsty Bradshaw)

Rating: 4/5* “What we do in life echoes in eternity”. This quote from Gladiator sprang to mind as I read “The Other Girl” by Erica Spindler. […]
June 3, 2018

Her Pretty Face by Robyn Harding (Review by Cecilia Lyra)

Rating: 4/5* Do you care about the Who or the How? Whether or not you like this book will depend on your answer. Her Pretty Face […]
June 1, 2018

Mornings on Main by Jodi Thomas (Review by Jessica Bedard )

Rating: 2.8/5* In Mornings on Main, Jodi Thomas acquaints readers with Jillian James, a self-proclaimed drifter who temporarily lands in small-town Texas in search of ties […]
May 30, 2018

The Life Lucy Knew by Karma Brown (Review by Sarah Doherty)

Rating: 5/5* Memories are important; they shape us and our beliefs, they provide a basis for decisions we make, they can make us laugh and cry, […]