Book Reviews

April 2, 2018

The Bright Beauty by Emily Cavanagh (Review by Taylor Bridgeforth)

Rating: 3.9/5* I was once told you never really know someone until after their death. Franci knew there was something she wasn’t told about her mother’s […]
March 31, 2018

The Perfect Shot by Robin Yocum (Review by Marie Nguyen)

  Rating: 3 / 5* What first drew me to A Perfect Shot was the description of Mingo Junction, an eastern Ohio steel town where life […]
March 23, 2018

Before I Let You Go by Kelly Rimmer (Review by Sarah Doherty)

Rating: 4/5* Before I Let You Go tells the complicated story of sisters Lexie and Annie Vidler. Lexie is the level-headed and successful one; she has […]
March 20, 2018

 Unwifeable by Mandy Stadtmiller (Review by Jennifer Holmes)

Rating: 4*/5 I’m not usually one to pick up memoirs, and  I have to admit I didn’t know who Mandy Stadtmiller was initially so I Googled […]
March 15, 2018

Hold Back the Stars by Katie Khan (Review by Taylor Bridgeforth)

Rating: 3.9/5* Hold Back the Stars by Katie Khan is a love story told between past and present with Max and Cary. They both live in Europia […]
March 11, 2018

The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman (Review by Paula Hayden)

Rating: 4/5* Joanna Goodman’s The Home for Unwanted Girls is an engaging exploration of character, culture, and a shocking act in Canadian history. Maggie Hughes is […]
March 8, 2018

The Good People by Hannah Kent (Review by Jennifer Boksman)

Rating: 5* Nora is watching as two men carry her husband back to the cottage. He had been out digging ditches for the fields because there […]
March 5, 2018

“This Love Story will Self-Destruct” by Leslie Cohen (Review by Caitlin Winkler)

Rating 5/5* Let me start by saying how much I enjoyed this book by Leslie Cohen. I couldn’t put this down and found myself still thinking […]
March 2, 2018

The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale (Review by Vicki Camfield)

3.5/5* Rating Are you lost? Are you afraid? Are you a child at heart? There is so much to like about this enchanting novel. I really […]