Christina McDonald joined us for a Q & A in our Behind the Pages Goodreads Group and I am excited to share her answers to our question here with you all! Brenda: You bravely and boldly took on a hot topic here in Do Not Harm and I thought you handled it so well by …
I am not sure how to put into word just how affecting Hidden Valley Road is, but I will give it a try here in this review. It’s a heavy and dense one that took me a while to read. It wasn’t one I wanted to pick up and read, but it was a book …
Brenda’s review The Mercies is inspired by the real events of the Vardø storm and the 1621 witch trials. Taking these historical events, Kiran Millwood Hargrave creates a story centered around a community of powerful, independent, strong female characters. After the storm took the men’s lives in a small Norwegian village in 1617, the women …
Brenda’s review The Exiles explores a part of history I had no idea about. Christina Baker Kline brings us a well-researched powerful, emotional story that weaves history, real-life people, and fiction as she captures the hardship of four women set in 19 century Australia. The story centers around three English female convicts being transported to …
I am back to share with you all our reviews for Dogversations: Conversations with My Dogs by David Leswick!! Brenda’s review HOT DIGGITY DOGS!! How perfect can a book be that takes gorgeous, fun entertaining photos of dogs and then tell a story for each photo through a conversation with the dogs? I would have …
Brenda’s review HOT DIGGITY DANG!!! I am speechless with that OMG ending!!! Take It Back is a gripping, intense, explosive courtroom drama that explores racial and gender conflicts, family, and duty. Zara, a formal barrister now rape counselor, is divided between her family, her heart, and her job when 16-year-old Jodie accuses four boys of …
