A charming rom-com. Mother passes away, daughter steps in to run a B&B in rural Vermont. A small town with lots of great neighbors. There's a single dad next door.

For a relatively short book, The Things We Never Say packs in plenty of wonderful characters, lots of food for thought and emotion in a small town New England town. Artie Dom is a high school history teacher who loves all his students and has a gift for opening up conversations among his them that otherwise might not be addressed openly. Artie has a loving wife and son, longtime work colleagues, extended family and what he considers his one true friend, yet he grapples with profound loneliness. Just a warning, some very current political and world issues are mentioned in Strout’s work with strong opinions. Artie and his best friend never speak of sensitive political topics with each other.

Lisa See brings so much history of how the early Chinese settlers were treated in our country. And in 1870, post 13th amendment ending slavery, we learn that this did not apply to Chinese women. Another great read by this talented author.

I found this thriller to be a light read but a little far fetched at times when it came to the main character, Jodi. I found it a little annoying regarding the things she got away with. It definitely kept my interest and kept me guessing at times.

It is a great summer read. The story is about a couple's exciting weekend affair which happens every year. I couldn't put this page-turner down. Enjoy!

I really enjoyed work of fiction/ Romance. It is a great summer read, light and with good , respectable characters. I always enjoy books written about someone in the medical profession. It was nice exploring Billie, Mick’s and Erin’s relationship.

Read this book as part of an assignment for a leadership class that I am a facilitator for and found it to be quite enlightening.

You would think that a book of short stories there would be more than 1 story of any redeeming value. My favorite was "The Lunar Eclipse." Clearly author Nat Cassidy wants to be Stephen King. First Mr. Cassidy needs to become a writer and leave the horror to the expert. I guess 13 is unlucky for me to have selected this book toward Tic-Tack-Toe Summer Reading challenge.

This was an adventurous undertaking for the author. It is a well researched Historical Fiction about the tunnels under Paris. Two separate stories that would have been better if presented as row books in a series. Traveling between the 1600’s and (1940’s) was a challenge. As each time period ended, the reader had to trudge through the other time period while waiting for resolution of the reviles string. Unfortunately, I do not recommend this book. It was torturous to read. However, both plots have strong value.

This was a mystery. A missing British woman Monica Felder fails to show up in France for a cooking class. Chief of Police, Bruno discovers she was accompanied by an Irish man and now both are found dead. She has been stabbed, and it looks like he has hung himself. This seemed very interesting. However, there were so many characters, some British, some French and some American that I had a difficult time keeping them straight. In addition since it took place in France, there were quite a few French phrases, which was frustrating since I don't speak the language.