Book review: Two Truths and a Lie by Meg Mitchell Moore

Summary: Sherri and her daughter moved to the beach town of Newburyport in Massachusetts to escape a dark secret from their past. Sherri meets the popular Mom Squad from her daughter’s new school and starts to be included in their activities, which is surprisingly different from their normal closed group mentality. Rebecca Coleman takes Sherri …

21 for 2021

One of my favorite authors and podcast hosts is Gretchen Rubin. Gretchen and her sister do these lists every year, and I've been inspired to complete one again! Read 60 books.Eat one fruit or vegetable with at least 2 meals a day.Organize garage.Organize hockey jerseys in laundry room.Minimize dairy again from my life!Make homemade pasta.Walk …

Book Review: The Sister in Law by Sue Watson

Summary: Pop open some bubbly for the wedding of Jamie and Ella! Clare is headed for a vacation to Italy with her husband, children, and in-laws. Clare has had a rough year, and she really could use a relaxing vacation. Clare's brother-in-law, Jamie, arrives unexpectedly with a new wife. Ella is gorgeous, young, and famous …

Book Review: The Night Swim by Megan Goldin

Summary: Rachel Krall’s true crime podcast has risen to stardom quickly. Many people who are seeking justice for loved ones contact her in hopes that she will investigate to find answers. When Rachel travels to Neopolis to cover a rape trial, someone is following her leaving notes. The person stalking her wants help with a …

Book review: Don’t Look For Me by Wendy Walker (my favorite book of 2020!)

Best book of 2020!! Summary: Molly Clarke’s family is led to believe that she walked away from her entire life one night leaving her car abandoned and a note in a hotel. The authorities conclude and try to get her family to believe that Molly just doesn’t want found......... The stormy night of Molly’s disappearance, …

Book review: Beach Read by Emily Henry

Summary: January Evans writes bestselling romance novels, but after experiencing some tragic relationship news in her family, January begins to doubt love. Augustus Everett writes literary fiction and is not a big believer in the romance novel. Two opposites end up living in beach houses next to each other one summer. Their unlikely friendship and …

Book review: Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, 3) by Elin Hilderbrand

Summary: Irene Steele had just began to settle in on the beautiful island of St. John when the FBI wrecks the stability her life was beginning to finally have. Irene, Cash, and Baker try to begin to set up some kind of life and routine with the help of their newfound friends. New lives, new …

Short story review: Treasure by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Hush Collection)

Summary: Treasure is an aspiring Instagram influencer in Nigeria with thousands of followers. Treasure takes photos with many expensive pieces such as Gucci and Fendi. One follower in particular becomes a little obsessed with Treasure. When Treasure accidentally leaves her location on a post, she erases it quickly. But not before the wrong person sees …

Short story review: Let Her Be by Lisa Unger (Hush Collection)

Summary: After a suicide attempt, Will starts to begin his life again. He cannot get the thoughts out of his head about his ex-girlfriend Anisa. They are haunting him. When he runs into Emily, who was Anisa’s good friend, they can’t stop discussing the fact that nobody has seen Anisa in person despite her social …

Ramblings from the other side of the fence…….youth sports in Pennsylvania in 2020

In 2015, Governor Tom Wolf said his goals were “jobs that pay, schools that teach and government that works.” I voted for Tom Wolf in 2014 and in 2018 due to his stance on education differing so greatly from his opponents. Today, as I watched my son’s football game through a hole in a fence, …