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The view of some mountains from plane ride Hi friends, and Happy Easter to those who celebrate! 🐇🐣 My husband and I are enjoying some time with his side of the family since we didn't get to visit this last Christmas. In the mean time I've been having a great reading month so far. I've … Continue reading Renee’s Recent Reads 4/17/22 + Easter 🐣
Hi, friends! Happy Sunday - and long weekend for those who get tomorrow off in observation of MLK Day. Here we're making the most of some rare sun 😎 Recently I've been reading Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins. It's been a fresh breath of warm Hawaiian air in a dull and dreary winter season. I'm … Continue reading Renee’s Recent Reads 1/16/22
'This is what happened. On the night that the worst heat wave in northern New England history finally broke - the night of July 19 - the entire western Maine region was lashed with the most vicious thunderstorms I have ever seen." - The Mist, Ch1 opening
"The carriage drew closer to Bookseller's Row, and Beatrice Clayborn drew in a hopeful breath before she cast her spell." Chapter 1 opening
Title: The Pink Bonnet Find it on: Goodreads | AmazonAuthor: Liz TolsmaPublication Date: June 1, 2019Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.Genre: Christian, True CrimePages: 256 Many thanks to the author, Liz Tolsma, and publisher, Barbour Publishing Inc., for providing a digital ARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis (via NetGalley ) … Continue reading ARC Review: “The Pink Bonnet” by Liz Tolsma
Hello, everyone! I'm still fresh to this game but I've seen some other bloggers I admire doing TBR ('to be read') lists. I've found them really fun to read, and often times I end up adding a lot of their book recommendations to my backlog on Goodreads as well. Since April is on it's way … Continue reading May TBR List
Image via Amazon White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin J. DiAngelo explores what the author calls 'white fragility' and its impact on our ability to have productive, authentic conversations about race and discrimination. The book was originally brought to my attention via recommendation on Amazon/Goodreads and … Continue reading Review: “White Fragility” by Robin J. DiAngelo
Though the title of this book reads like clickbait, that is quite possibly one of the only remotely negative things I have to say about this book. Deranged by Harold Schechter covers the stories of Albert Fish, notorious serial killer, rapist, and cannibal. Just around 60 years old and deceitfully benign in appearance, Fish hides … Continue reading Review: “Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America’s Most Fiendish Killer!” by Harold Schechter
Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James take readers headfirst through a winding tale of murder and mystery traversing the country in their recent book The Man from the Train. Appropriately named, the authors draw parallels among a long series of unsolved murders and conclude that a killer known only as the 'Man from the Train' … Continue reading Review: “The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery” by Bill James, Rachel McCarthy James
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