This book picks up where Peter Pan ends. The Darling children have returned to their home, but all is not well. While they know that they went on an amazing adventure, in the eyes of their parents, they were abducted. Now going through endless psychiatrist visits, Wendy’s stories are seen as just another coping mechanism […]
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A Light at Winter’s End by Julia London
When Holly’s sister dropped off her nine month old son and disappeared, she didn’t know what to think. Holly moves back to the house she inherited after her mother died and tries her best to care for Mason. When she finds out that Hannah was in rehab, her thoughts turn to permanent custody of the […]
Becoming Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey
I received this book as a galley from the publisher in exchange for my honest review. Maria Antonia had a privileged upbringing as a member of the Austrian royal family. Her days were filled with the lessons and pastimes that any child of the time would enjoy. At the age of 10, she is betrothed […]
The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
Carrie is a writer who is searching for some inspiration as she works on her latest manuscript. After a visit to Scotland, she is drawn to Slain Castle and its story. When she decides to finish her book in a cottage nearby, she is drawn into the world of her ancestor, Sophia, and learns of […]
One Day by David Nicholls
Dexter and Emma meet the night of their graduation. From that point, the book becomes a snapshot of the same day (July 15) every year for twenty years. Their loves, losses, adventures and misadventures are revealed as we visit them on that day every year. This book was brilliant in so many ways. The writing […]
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
The Magicians Author: Lex Grossman Category: Fiction Publisher: Viking Release Date: 2009 Quentin Coldwater is brillant but miserable. He’s a senior in high school, and a certifiable genius, but he’s still secretly obsessed with a series of fantasy novels he read as a kid, about the adventures of five children in a magical land called […]
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
The Peach Keeper Author: Sarah Addison Allen Category: Fiction Publisher: Bantam Release Date: 3-22-11 It’s the dubious distinction of thirty-year-old Willa Jackson to hail from a fine old Southern family of means that met with financial ruin generations ago. The Blue Ridge Madam—built by Willa’s great-great-grandfather during Walls of Water’s heyday, and once the town’s […]
The Likeness by Tana French
The Likeness is the second book in the Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French. We met Cassie as Rob Ryan’s partner in In The Woods. Now, several months after Operation Vestal came to a disastrous close, Cassie has been transferred out of Murder, has a new boyfriend, and is trying to get on with […]
In the Woods by Tana French
Twenty years ago, Adam Ryan and his two best friends disappeared in the woods behind their neighborhood. Some hours later, Adam was found, clinging to a tree with blood filled shoes and no memory of what happened. His two friends were never found. Adam, now going by Rob Ryan, is a detective in the Dublin […]
The Widow’s War by Sally Gunning
Set in Pre-Revolutionary War New England, this book tells the story of Lydia Barry, whose husband is a whaler and meets his end at sea. At the time, the law gives all of her property to her Son-in-Law, who she must live with. Of course, he is a huge jerk, but being married to her […]