The Whistling Kettle Book Club Into the Water and Blood Orange Tea
The Whistling Kettle Book Club pick for July 2024 is Into the Water by Paula Hawkins which has been paired with their blood orange tea. This mystery is packed with
Category: Book Reviews
Book reviews from indie authors who send me a copy in exchange for honest reviews. Also, reviews of best sellers or new releases. There are also posts linking to books I’ve reviewed for LitPick.
The Demon Secret by Dan Gindlesperger Book Review and Author Interview
To me, there is nothing scarier than the idea of being possessed. A killer can brutally murder you. A monster can eat you. A vampire can suck you dry. But
Dickie the Dinosaur and His Best Pal Dot by James D. Robinson Book Review and Author Interview
Ask people their top five favorite topics as a kid, and you are likely to find dinosaurs on most lists. There’s something intriguing about these dragon-like animals from long ago
I Don’t Want to Eat That Thing! By R.K. Vetter Book Review and Author Interview
Picky eaters. There’s one in every family, and they are usually a stubborn kid on top of a picky one. I personally never understood the idea of forcing a kid
The Whistling Kettle Book Club May Book Review and Tea Review: American Dirt and Chocolate Chai
It has been nearly a year since I first partnered with The Whistling Kettle to offer a discount on their tea products to my readers. I don’t like to gush
Katharine’s Remarkable Road Trip by Gail Ward Olmsted Book Review and Author Interview
What does it mean to live a full life? There’s no definitive answer. There’s no single lifestyle, profession, or age that a person can attain to earn the title. It’s
Catastrophe in the City by Stephen and Arlo Baer Book Review and Author Interview
When we get too impulsive, we can really mess things up. We can get too hyper and break something. We can say the wrong thing on impulse and hurt somebody’s
A Bird Alone by Ericka Clay Book Review and Author Interview
We all know someone who has had it rough. I’m not talking about the friend who tends to spill coffee on themselves each morning or the relative who is always
What Happens in Montana by Kim McCollum Book Review and Author Interview
The purpose of getting away is literally to get away from your life, and hopefully, from your worries and problems that you carry around every day. Unfortunately, those problems can
60 Songs That Explain the 90s Book Review
I started the 90’s barely out of my toddler years and ended it a full-blown teenager. That personally makes for a long and definitive decade. And it’s the decade that
Shelby and the First Ride by Marty Kay Jones Book Review and Author Interview
I’ve never been a big animal lover, but I always understood the stereotypical girl obsession with horses. Horses, like girls, are a mixture of strength and grace. They’re one of
The Way You View the World by Tasneem Dairywala Book Review and Author Interview
We tend to think of the world as a big, scary place for children, but children mostly see it as a big playground with new things to see, hear, touch,
The Black Magician by KayCee Jones Book Review and Author Interview
Why do readers love dismal tales of people being held captive? The short answer is…because we want to see how they escape. We want to know that the wrongfully imprisoned
My Top 10 Books Read in 2023
This year, I set my Goodreads reading goal at 60 books thinking I was lowballing it and would hit this goal by the end of the summer. But life intervened,
A Friend for Christmas by Mike Martin Book Review and Author Interview
When it comes to kids’ books, you can’t go wrong with cute little animals. Animals can help us tell stories with very human themes in a more colorful and simplified