Yesteryear by Caro Clare Brown An influencer, who considers herself a tradwife (traditional wife) uses her platform to encourage returning to the past doing everything as it was done years ago, not electronics. One morning she wakes up to the discovery that she is living in the reality she has encouraged. How did she get here and what is going on. Is this some weird reality show, has she time traveled, what in the world is going on. Read to find out. Quite interesting.

A book of short mystery stories from various authors. I found it quite disappointing.

Cara is convicted of killing her husband. All she knows is that she did not do it. On the way to prison, her transport vehicle crashes and she uses this opportunity to escape, hoping that she can find evidence to clear her name. In pursuit is a local sheriff. Jordan, who is up for reelection, needs this win and is determined to find Cara and bring her in. The one thing that bothered me near the beginning of the book was "hashtag" speak. Cara was an influencer and the beginning of the book was riddled with hashtag this, hashtag that. I was grateful when that stopped so that I could enjoy the book.

This is the first Sherlock Holmes novel. I found it very engaging. There is a strange shift towards the end from a story telling perspective, but like anything you would expect from the world’s greatest detective, everything connects and comes together in the end. I may look into reading more Sherlock Holmes stories.

This memoir of Jill Biden’s life as the First Lady portrays her view of her life during those years. It is informative and interesting with lots of details about her very busy every day life. In addition to Biden’s First Lady family responsibilities, she taught English classes at a junior college in Delaware. She also worked tirelessly to raise up the lives of disadvantaged and socially challenged women. I listened to the audio book which felt like a friend telling me about her life. The emphasis was always her on love for her husband, her daughter and her stepsons, who she always referred to as their sons. Of course Biden’s cherished grandchildren are included in the family story. The challenges were many but Jill Biden’s love and caring never wavered.

I had no idea what to expect from this book but it was so good! Crying over a Roomba was not on my itinerary.

This is a cute "let's pretend we're dating" rom-com. Great summer read.

Deep Water Brett Battles writing as Stuart Woods 5 stars Stuart Woods died in 2022 but thanks to Brett Battles the adventures of Stone Barrington are with us and Deep Water is an exciting page turning adventure. I couldn’t put the book down.

BOOK #12 IN HIS JACK REACHER SERIES. TYPICAL UNCOVER OF DANGER AND MAYHEIM. HOW DOES A PERSON WITH NO WORLDLY GOODS MANAGE TO GET AROUND AND UNCOVER SITUATION THE WAY HE DOES. HE SEEMS TO BE A LIKABLE INDIVIDUAL THAT CONNECTS WITH ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE ON DIFFERENT LEVELS. ALL IN ALL NOT A BAD READ

Solid book. It is what I usually read and all managed to not be boring. A few twists were obvious. And there were a few too many towards the end. I think it would've liked less recurring violence and the final climax made little sense to the flow of the book. They're were really no characters to root for. Everyone was pretty terrible. Friends carry a secret after the queen bee tries to kill the narrator.