The Art of Racing in the Rain
By Crista Tompkins
The Art of Racing in the Rain, Author Garth Stein
Dogs know everything. Cats do too, but they display little interest in sharing their knowledge with us. As humans, we ...
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and a Culture in Crisis, By J. D. Vance
Book review by Crista Tompkins
This is the story of what the author refers to as the culture of the hillbilly, ...
Turn the Page- Florida Suspense Series
By Crista Tompkins
Welcome to the Florida Panhandle where the Gulf is warm, the oysters are fresh and twenty-story condominiums don't stand between you and the beach.
Appalachicola is the ...
Books You May Have Overlooked
By Crista Tompkins
Mystery/Thrillers
Castillo, Linda. Lots of interesting stuff here. Amish. Police officer boyfriends. Trouble in tiny tourist-y Painters Mill, ...
Turn the Page – Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
By Crista Tompkins
Who are these people and why are they all suspects?
It was a Saturday like any other in Saxby-on-Avon. An ordinary day in summer 1955- except for the funeral of Mary ...
Bookspiration: Delights & Shadows
By Rebekah Bachman
Have you ever been presented a food, activity, or perhaps a new friend, about which you already had an opinion? Had my brother-in-law never provided a proper ...
Fresh Perspectives: Vintage Book Art
By Ellen Miller
Old books are a treasure. When you find one completely intact, it’s quite a feat. Historically, I've passed on purchasing finds in not so perfect condition - ...
Bookspiration: Two Old Women
By Rebekah Bachman
Two Old Women (Velma Wallis) is a tale based on a tribal legend passed on for many generations from mothers to daughters in the upper Alaskan Yukon River ...
Bookspiration: Eighty Days
By Rebekah Bachman
Then (1889), the most common modes of transportation were horse-drawn carriages, trains and steamships; now (2017), we travel by airplane, high-speed ...
Bookspiration: Endurance
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (Alfred Lansing)
by Rebekah Bachman
Shackleton's Incredible Voyage shares the true story of Ernest Shackleton who set sail in ...
Bookspiration: A Man Called Ove
By Rebekah Bachman
As November and December approach, the associated holidays seem to bring a level of activity and expectations that are unmatched during any other time of the year. ...
Bookspiration: My Favorite Book
By Rebekah Bachman
I’ve always wanted to use Miss Manner’s phraseology and this seems like a great opportunity. I’m neither a literary expert nor a professional writer, but I am a ...