Review: The Sorority Murder - Allison Brennan - December 2021 Are you a fan of podcasts and true crime tales? Allison Brennan's upcoming novel combines not only crime and murder but also the world of podcasts and how technology these days and crowdsourcing can help solve crimes that would otherwise have gone cold forever. Lucas Vega is obsessed with the disappearance of Candace Swain who vanished three years ago and then a week later her body washed up in a lake at the local golf course. Lucas was connected in a couple of ways to Candace including that at the time of her disappearance a few weeks before, she had been tutoring him in creative writing/ English. Somebody in the sorority or the school has to know what happened to Candace as along with her vanishing is a couple more and as we read The Sorority Murder by Allison Brennan - the various cases will start to intertwine and overlap and if Lucas is lucky, he won't solve just one murder but help close two disappearances as w...

| Review: What Will I Do With My Love Today ? - Kristin Chenoweth - March 2022 This was a very cute and happy picture book that is aimed at children aged 6-9 years old. This is authored by celebrity and Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth and features a young girl who is just filled with so much love and looks at the world in a positive happy outlook. She has so much love to share and in this book, her family and herself are looking at ways to spread their love, joy, and kindness to others from helping pay for others coffee, helping strangers, and then finally adopting a cute puppy to share her love and happiness with. This picture book and children's books is a bright, colorful book and illustrations and it would make a great story to have on people's bookshelves. What Will I Do with My Love Today? by Kristin Chenoweth encourages children to look for different ways that they too can share and spread their love and acts of kindness during their everyday lives. This book is also a...

Review: Survive the Night - Riley Sager - June 2021 Charlie is headed home to her grandmothers as her university days, for now, is over as she is riddled with guilt as her best friend and roommate Maddy was murdered and Charlie believes it is all her fault since she left her alone after they argued one night after clubbing. Looking at the rideshare board, hoping she can leave a bit early and save the money. She meets Josh who she learns is leaving early as his dad has had a stroke. Even though the two are strangers, Charlie realizes he can't be that bad, or can he? The drive back starts innocently but soon things are taking a strange turn and since Charlie has suffered movie hallucinations, she can't trust herself what is true or fantasy but part of her is certain that Josh is lying about who he is and things aren't adding up he is acting like he might be the Campus Killer - the guy who killed her best friend Maddy. Is he afraid that Charlie saw him and can identify him a...

Review: Cocoa's Cranky Valentine - Beth Hughes - December 2022 This was quite a cute and fun read. It introduces us to Cocoa the dog who is a cranky bugger and this Valentine's Day he has a secret admirer who hopefully turns his frown upside down and puts some love into him. He gets a card, but just as he is about to open it the cat comes and snatches it and now won't give it back to Cocoa. Can we help Cocoa grab his card and find out who is his Secret Admirer in time for Valentine's Day? As someone who used to work with children and toddlers. This book would have been a perfect one to use for toddler time or an early school visit as the book is interactive and kids love interactive stories and get into them. On some pages, it tells the children to help blow to 5 or use your finger to trace the end of the yarn, etc. Cocoa's Cranky Valentine is the perfect colorful and interactive read for children aged 3-6 years old. Also, it was very cute, when Cocoa's secret...