From the time I was little, my mother would tease me saying I was Belle from Beauty and the Beast because I "always had my nose stuck in a book." Thanks, Mom. But also--Thank you, Mom for getting me three fabulous books for Christmas, I've loved sharing them with you all! The last of my Christmas [...]
If you're looking for a short and sweet, quirky story with a splash of romance and a dash of drama, try reaching for Kadie Scott's The Wrong Kind of Compatible. It's so entertaining, I finished it in a couple of hours! The story takes place in New York and follows Cassie Howard and Drew Kerrigan, two [...]
I always feel a little funny reading "coming-of-age" stories. Maybe it's because so many of them take place in high school and they don't reflect my experiences from around the same age. It's not even that I wish my experiences were the same, but I think it's hard to not put yourself in the character's [...]
I've always found stories of lost families interesting--babies switched at birth, secret famous rich ancestors, that sort of thing. But rarely do those stories have such intrigue as the Camden family in Fiona Davis's The Address. Split between 1884-86 and 1985-86 New York, Davis tells the convoluted story of the Camdens: Theo the Gilded Age architect, [...]
A Little Bit of Happiness 