Top Books for 2024 (so far)
2024 is more than half over and since I won’t be sharing an end-of-the-year list of my favorite reads, I decided six months worth of top books is in order. As always, I am listing them in alphabetical order…
Sing Along with JT & Don
As far as I’m concerned, the summer doldrums are upon us. It’s hot, it’s humid, and I’m leaning towards crankiness (I can hear some of you saying, “isn’t that her usual M.O.?”). A pick-me-up is certainly needed…
Family, Food, & Funerals
Anyone who’s attended a funeral dinner knows the routine—the family of the deceased gather around tables in the church hall, eating home-cooked casseroles and desserts made by the (mostly) women…
Come Together
After the fear and isolation of COVID, readers gravitated towards books that were heartwarming and without the angst that permeated the domestic thrillers that were all the rage…
Next on the List
The forecast for this next week—and probably most of the summer—looks like it’s going to be a scorcher and that means a lot of indoor reading time. Fortunately for me, there are a goodly number of books…
Father Knows Best
With a few subtle adjustments—change the cake to a cherry pie, the boy to two girls, lose the pipe but keep the dog—this Norman Rockwell image could have illustrated the Robb household…