WE LOVE BIG BOOKS AND WE CANNOT LIE

I haven’t read many, but I remember when I first read Dracula by Bram Stoker and I was instantly intrigued.   The Third Wife of Faraday...

The drama, the big families with unending loyalties (unless you cross someone that is)…the whole thing just leaves my imagination running...

I’ve been to all corners of the country but haven’t been to many states in between. Offbeat North America by Lonely Planet would be a...

I have many times, but thankfully never ran into any of the chaos that Tom Jenkins found himself!  This is his true story set in the 60s...

I don’t always have to, but I do prefer it.  Luckily both Knox and Serena gave their own POVs in Every Scar Tells a Story, and I adored...

\I wish I did, when I was younger, I played the piano and the clarinet, but not well.   I absolutely loved The Instrumentalist by Harriet...

I recently went to Hawaii’s Volcano National Park and hiked down into the crater of one of the volcanos.  It’s hard to see, but if you...

I’m just super excited it’s Friday! It’s been such a busy week, I’m ready to relax!  Alyssa is off heading to London for a cruise!  Ok...

I love finding local spots to hunt for books, but I’ve always dreamed of running my own bookstore! In Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by...

Her professional life and personal life are quickly spiraling and she seems unable to help herself get out of it. When she receives news...

Libertyland was a great way to get into the patriotic spirit, it’s a political thriller, a little more chaotic than I was expecting, but...

I do easily, but thankfully not if it’s a large ship, like a cruise.  However, I could never live on a boat. I found On the Surface a fun...

releases today and you don’t want to miss this one!!!! This is a charming story that follows two women in the 60’s. Winifred is a fish...

When we were in Egypt and Paris, we were extra vigilant about getting scammed or stolen from.  However, we happily never really had any...

I loved The Hudson Collection!  It was an easy 5 stars for me!  Alyssa read Jocelyn Green’s first book in this series, The Metropolitan...

Loves Music, Loves To Dance was one of my very first Mary Higgins Clark books. She is the reason for my love of the suspense/thriller...

In the present time, Alice is eighteen and already weighed down by the trials that women go through. When a distant aunt arrives bringing...

and I forgot just how great they are! Now I am on a mission to read the ones I’ve missed out on! I absolutely loved Slow Dance and it...

As soon as the story begins you are taken on a fast paced ride that doesn’t stop the whole way through! The best part is that it’s set in...

I never did, I’ve never really watched any movies with superheroes, but I did watch Wonder Woman with Gal Gadot and I was obsessed!! I...