When Katy’s mother Carol dies, she is consumed with grief. Not only was her mother her best friend, but they had planned a trip of special importance. A month in Positano, Italy a place Carol visited decades ago in the summer before she met her husband and began the life Katy knows. Carol made all the arrangements down to daily itineraries for sightseeing and meals. Katy ... Read More...
Backlist Beauties: Mini-Reviews
Last week I was supposed to start reading another fall new release novel. It's even one I'm looking forward to, Ken Follett's The Evening and the Morning, but the thought of 900 pages made my brain hurt. It's a sad truth—my attention span lately has shrunk to an amount of time easily measured by counting on my fingers. Except I usually forget what number I’m at before I hit ten ... Read More...
February Reading Wrap-Up
February—what a month! On the personal side there was what was known in Seattle as Snowmageddon: 10 days when we were slammed with 3 different storms that left us with 15” inches of snow, unplowed roads, and empty grocery stores. I realize all you readers in places where snow is the norm are laughing right now, but we don’t get snow. Period. This was huge. People were cross ... Read More...
