TCL’s Best of the Best List for 2013-2025!

You've seen my yearly Top Five/Top Ten lists, and now it is time for another "best of the best" list! For those of you who have been following this blog, you’ll know that a few years ago, I had to make the decision to stick to only 10 books, or just keep adding on. I … Continue reading TCL’s Best of the Best List for 2013-2025! →

All the Single Ladies (& Gents)!

Book Review for “Miss Plum and Miss Penny” by Dorothy Evelyn Smith. Summary: "Miss Penny is a middle-aged spinster living a cheerful, contented life, complete with perfect housekeeper, in an idyllic English village. Her romantic life consists of an annual Christmas card from her old flame George, and her social swirl involves Stanley, a prissy … Continue reading All the Single Ladies (& Gents)! →

TCL’s #DNF Friday #19 – Too Rich for My Taste.

Why I can't fully write a Book Review for “The Family Recipe” by Carolyn Huynh. Summary: "Duc Tran, the eccentric founder of the national Vietnamese sandwich chain Duc’s Sandwiches, has decided to retire. With the help of the shady family lawyer, he informs his five estranged adult children that to get their inheritance, they must … Continue reading TCL’s #DNF Friday #19 – Too Rich for My Taste. →

TCL’s #DNF Friday #19 – Two Woman, One Man.

Why I can't fully write a Book Review for “Jackie and Maria” by Gill Paul. Summary: "Jackie Kennedy was beautiful, sophisticated, and contemplating leaving her ambitious young senator husband. Life in the public eye with an overly ambitious--and unfaithful—man who could hardly be coaxed to return from a vacation after the birth of a stillborn … Continue reading TCL’s #DNF Friday #19 – Two Woman, One Man. →

TCL’s Best of the Best List for 2013-2024!

You've seen my yearly Top Five/Top Ten lists, and now it is time for another "best of the best" list! For those of you who have been following this blog, you’ll know that a couple years ago, I had to make the decision to stick to only 10 books, or just keep adding on. I … Continue reading TCL’s Best of the Best List for 2013-2024! →

TCL’s Best of the Best List for 2013-2023!

You've seen my yearly Top Five/Top Ten lists, and now it is time for another "best of the best" list! For those of you who have been following this blog, you’ll know that I’ve been producing a list of my favorite books published for each of the years I’ve been blogging. Last year, I gave … Continue reading TCL’s Best of the Best List for 2013-2023! →

#TopTenTuesday – Jan 31, 2023 – Freebie!

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. The rules are simple: Each Tuesday, Jana assigns … Continue reading #TopTenTuesday – Jan 31, 2023 – Freebie! →

TCL’s Best of the Best List for 2013-2022!

TCL’s Best of the Best List for 2013-2021

You've seen my yearly Top Five/Top Ten lists, but how about a "best of the best" list? For those of you who have been following this blog, you’ll know that I’ve been producing a list of my favorite books published for each of the years I’ve been blogging. Last year, I gave you my top … Continue reading TCL’s Best of the Best List for 2013-2021 →

Eleven Days in the Dark.

Book Review for “The Mystery of Mrs. Christie” by Marie Benedict. Summary: "In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the car—strange for a frigid night. Her husband and daughter … Continue reading Eleven Days in the Dark. →