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Looking For Me
Looking For Me is the new Novel by Beth Hoffman. It is the follow up to her bestseller Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt. I was completely smitten with Cee Cee. Many of the characters sprinkled throughout this...
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Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood
Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood by Michael Lewis By the time you read this review, I will be 3 days away from being a father all over again. We are having a little boy and the doctor has...
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Gillian Flynn, Not Your Typical Lit Chick
I enjoy surprises, like when my friend, Stacie, comes to town unexpectedly and asks to meet for breakfast, when my mother announces she’s keeping the kids all night or when my son remembers to put the...
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A Little Summer Reading
June has finally made it! It’s time for swimming, barbecues, family fun, and vacations. I personally enjoy a little reading under the sun and in the evening air. I would love nothing more than to be...
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Once a Duchess – Elizabeth Boyce
Let me start by saying this is an unusual book for me to review. Not because the story was so different or unusual. No. The story is excellent which is why I chose to review it. The difference is the...
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The UnWired Mom. Really?
Let’s admit it. All moms and most parents have felt that guilt. The moment your 3 year old picks up a hair brush and says ‘Wait mom, I need to text someone’. Or that one time several months ago when...
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Joyland by Stephen King – Will Not Put You in the Fetal Position of Fear
Let me preface this review by saying, even though I hold author Stephen King in high regard as a master storyteller, I have only ever read one of his novels before this one. Years ago, I picked up a...
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A Race for Madman – Chris Sidwells
If you turn on your TV in the early mornings of July, you might catch a glimpse of an unforgiving sport, an event for only the strongest, or craziest. Stitches don’t faze its athletes; they continue...
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Once Upon A Pillow ~~ Christina Dodd, Connie Brockway
What a clever idea for a series of short stories. Take two well-established authors, mix in a museum soon-to-be-closing, and an eight foot bed built in place that can’t be moved, history stretching...
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Lord Stanley: the Man Behind the Cup – Kevin Shea and John Jason Wilson
In two days, I will see the Stanley Cup for the third time in my life. Twice at championship parades in Chicago, the Blackhawks captain hoisted the Cup for the millions of gathered fans – me among...
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Summer Gets a Mandatory Release
Social worker Graham has a give and take relationship with the truth. But why shouldn’t he? Life and truth are what we decide them to be, aren’t they? He feels surrounded by idiots, but working at a...
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All The Summer Girls by Meg Donohue
“Friendships have a fascinating ebb and flow; they’re never static. There is something about childhood friends in particular – the friendships that have withstood decades of change that are especially...
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The Dinner by Herman Koch
The Dinner By Herman Koch This book had been on my wish list for quite a while. What immediately grabbed by attention was all the hype about it being a bit outside the normal. After watching my...
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A Souls Calling, do you hear it?
Dreams. Hopes. Success. Failure. Many people have lived with a big dream, few have taken the leap to reach for it. Scott Bishop decided to take the leap. Leaning on every last bit of courage he...
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The Wicked Wallflower ~~ Maya Rodale
Clever, clever, clever. The Wicked Wallflower I hadn’t the pleasure of reviewing one of Miss Rodale’s books before, and one thing I’ve learned is that I’ve been missing out. (I’ve treated myself, as...
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I Love You as Big as the World
I Love You as Big as the World by David Van Buren Illustrated by Tim Warnes Between a new baby, work and settling into a routine.. not much time was left for Dad to read this month. Well, read anything...
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The Runaway Countess – Amanda McCabe
I read this story on my way to New York City last week and found a really sweet story of a couple who were truly in love. What made it so poignant was the pressure on their marriage after several...
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Poetry, The Everyman and Exploding Beverages
Image by Diogenes LaertiusToday I was going to write about a new edition of the Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe that I just bought. But next month is Halloween, and this is a darkly sort of fellow,...
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Manchester United: The Biography by Jim White
I have to start this Book-End Babes review with a confession: I know nothing about soccer. I have attended one MLS game in Chicago, but the infamous “religion” did not convert a newcomer that day....
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The Wedding Favor – Cara Connelly
As most of you know, I mostly read and review historical. They are, typically, my favorite. However, I ran across this most interesting story, The Wedding Favor. The most disappointing thing about...
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