The Island House takes place on Nantucket with many twists and turns. The story revolves around a typical Summer family, the Vickeries, with ties to Boston but enjoy living on the Island. During the Summer each of the children invite friends to stay with them. Susanna Vickery affectionately refers to the friends as her ‘Summer children.’ Nancy Thayer paints Nantucket with positive images. It is a great Summer Beach read.

If you grew up watching the Andy Griffith Show then you know Deputy Barney Fife. This biography is written by the daughter of Don Knotts who played Barney. It is a birth to death story of Mr. Knotts life. It was fascinating insightful story, mixed with humor, sadness, emotion and honesty. What disappointed me was the writing was dry.

I loved this book and it was over 600 pages. I don't usually like long books but this one was so good I didn't want it to end. I felt like I was right there with all the characters. I read it faster than I read 300 page books that are just ok.

I loved this novel! It's about an 83 year old man who has just died. He boards the Midnight Train which makes stops at crucial points of his life. Will he see his mistakes and convince his past younger self to make changes for a happier life? Read it and find out.

Good story with lots of twists. In fact, this may have been too convoluted. As usual I did not guess who did the bad. I loved the scenic descriptions and the house, Spyglass.

This book begins with a very heavy and shocking moment and it never lets off the gas. A court room thriller, the ending will stay with me for a LONG LONG TIME!

This is the third book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series. I love this mystery series, which takes place in the small village of Three Pines. The characters are wonderful! In this book, a seance is held, in a house we know well, during which someone dies. Was it a natural death, or was it murder? If murder, who is the killer?

This down south police drama kept me so entranced I couldn’t stop reading it. Titus is former FBI and the newly elected sheriff in his home town of Charon county, Virginia . One day he is called to the local high school for an active shooter. Latrell, a son of Titus’s high school friend has shot and killed the favorite teacher of the school. As Titus investigates, it turns out that predators have been torturing and killing black young people for years. Latrell has shot Mr Spearman and the deputies shot Latrell but who is the third wolf? As Titus closes in on the third killer, can he catch him before he takes another victim? This book will keep you reading all night!

A delightful rom-com reminiscent of Pretty Woman. Dolly is from a working class family, visiting home in Rhode Island for the summer. Stewart is from a rich family in the town that's named for his family. They meet, he asks her to be his fake date, there's an arrangement. Do they end up having feelings for each other?

An incredibly bleak deconstruction of the superhero genre that doubles as a scathing critique on American politics. I was consistently blown away (and also at least a little depressed) by how timely this felt despite coming out in 1986. I don't think you have to be a comic book or superhero fan to "get it" with Watchmen. It's a fantastic graphic novel from top to bottom and, so long as you can stomach the protagonists largely being unlikable, I can't recommend it enough.