When I read this, I’d been reading a lot of books that I picked up for free or for a dollar.  My thumbnail says “oh, this is why we pay for good books.” I really enjoyed Ten Trends (notes: “I didn’t want this to end”).  Winnie is a teacher, and Byron is an author of some renown.  He’s clearly on the autism spectrum, but no attempt is made to “redeem” him, make him more “normal,” or suggest that he needs to change in any way.  […]

I’m just going to admit up front that I find Penny Reid’s books totally delightful.  I started out in the Knitting in the City series, and have read everything I could get my hands on since.  So perhaps I’m not entirely objective when reviewing this latest series, but again, they’ve really worked for me. There’s a big focus on Found Family (as opposed to blood family) in her novels, and the Three Kings series (book three still pending) focuses on three friends from a small […]

I’ve had the Winston brothers series recommended to me by several friends, so I decided to give it a try. I started with Grin and Beard It, the second book in the series (the titles are all beard themed, in case you hadn’t guessed that already), because the first book was checked out from my local library and I am a chaos muppet. Grin and Beard It tells the story of Sienna Diaz, an actress and screenwriter who is shooting a film in rural Tennessee. […]