Wow! That was a read! Best Day Ever by Kaira Rouda is a psychological suspense thriller that will keep you reading from start to finish. While it does have a slow start, it's setting the stage and drawing you in. But once you're hooked you won't want to put this book down. Our main character is Paul Strom, the story is told from his point of view. Just from reading the back cover I thought Paul sounded like a controlling ass that painted a perfect picture for the world to see but was not so ...
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The Captain’s Daughter by Jennifer Delamere
Jennifer Delamere is known for writing series, not just books. She writes several books that expand on each other keeping the reader invested and wanting more. The Captain's Daughter is the first book in her new series London Beginnings. We meet our main character, Rosalyn Bernay, quickly in The Captian's Daughter. Rosalyn has not had an easy life. She grew up in Müller's orphanage gave her an unstable upbringing. She was forced to flee to London and leave her position as a lady's maid due to ...
Full Service Blonde by Megan Edwards
Definitely more of an adult read than young adult. Full Service Blonde will have you intrigued and invested in finding out how it ends by the second chapter. The main character, Copper Black, an aspiring journalist trying to make her name in Sin City. She's feisty and full life, trying to make a name for herself. Copper Black meets Victoria McKimber, an outspoken prostitute at one of Nevada's legal brothels. She offers Copper the exclusive rights to tell her story and Copper can't ...
Mustaches for Maddie by Chad Morris and Shelly Brown
Nothing is scarier than hearing your child has a rare and potentially life-threating illness. In Mustaches for Maddie, you'll follow on Chad Morris and Shelly Brown's real-life health scare with their daughter. Maddie was a vibrant, funny and charismatic 12-year-old little girl. She was always trying to make others laugh and she carried a variety of mustaches in her pocket. She would take those mustaches out and put them on and use them to brighten everyone's day. She had a pink fuzzy one and a ...
Meet Little Ant
One of the best things we can do for our children is to read to them. Read to them every day from the moment they are born till they leave home. I try to read to Peyton every day. And when I'm choosing a book to read to her I try to find books with lessons in the story. That way, we can talk about the lesson after the story is done. Little Ant is a series of books written by S.M.R. Saia and available on Amazon. Currently, there are 6 titles available with one more coming out this week! And in ...
Encourage a Love for Reading with the Descendants
If you have a young child in the home I'm sure you've heard of Descendants. Peyton loves to dance and sing all the songs around the house. She has the soundtracks in the car and insists we listen to them all the time. And she has both movies, watches them 24/7 and asks when Descendants 3 will be out. Well, this year Peyton is a 2nd grader and her only homework is reading 20 minutes. But it's a struggle. She is not crazy about having to read every single night for 20 minutes. Then I came across ...