A Winter in New York by Josie Silver* Josie Silver’sOne Day in Decemberis one of my favorite books, so as long as she is writing, I will keep reading. Iris’s best friend, Bobby, drags her to a famous street fair in Little Italy, and as they walk through the food stalls, a lit...
It’s the beginning of a new year, and for widowed single mom and recent L.A. transplant to California wine country, Cece Barton, that means green hillsides, flowing streams from winter rains, pruned vineyards—and a murder to solve . . . After a mostly stress-free Christmas with her c...
The fourth volume in the New York Times bestselling series continues Celaena’s epic journey and builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world. My Thoughts Alright, I finally finished my re-read of the first four books in the Throne of Glass series, at the r...
“new normal” post-pandemic as they start public school, struggle to control their anxiety, meet new friends, and learn about their Jewish identity, to Lisa Yoskowitz at Little, Brown Children’s, with Caitlyn Averett editing, for publication in winter 2024, by Jordan Hamessley at New Leaf...
These watercolor paintings (created before the story, according to the author’s introduction) feature a woman in a winter wonderland nature environment, curling up with bear and hugging fox. It’s a fantasy world where fish fly in the sky, as do winged rabbits, and a ship at sea becomes...
As this book opens we meet Holly as she observes the Winter Wedding, she notices a watch on the ground but ignores it, it’s not her job to help folks find lost jewelry. Jasmine the head of the consulate joins her and she asks what her next assignment is. This one is finally complet...
It’s on to Saturn, which they discover is colder and requires that the team wear their winter clothing. On Saturn they discover something even more unusual than dinosaurs. Appearing out of nowhere, a man with a long white beard. It’s a spirit. The planet is full of them. This spirit...
LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS…It was winter, and the Depression was still on, but there were bright spots to be found on the stage at the opening of Radio City Music Hall and on the screen at the RKO Roxy; at right, Ann Harding, Leslie Howard and Myrna Loy in The Animal Kingdom. (Pintere...
In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt: A dark tale of femininity amidst the strictures of Puritanism in colonial New England, one woman must choose freedom or family as the woods call her home. (1,152 Ratings) The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner: Beautiful cov...
Registration for this small(ish), casual shindig is always limited to 300. So if you want to escape a “white winter” for some “beachy blues” next February, you need to register sooner than later! Mardi Gras weekend just happens to start during our shindig next year, so expect jazzy ...