Book Review - To the Bridge: A True Story of Motherhood and Murder, by Nancy Rommelmann

Guest review by: Becki Bayley An estimated five hundred children are killed by their parents each year in the United States, according to homicide data compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This number has been static for decades. It is also unreliable and certainly...

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Quick pick book review: Vox, by Christina Dalcher

Opening lines: If anyone told me I could bring down the president, and the Pure Movement, and that incompetent little shit Morgan LeBron in a week's time, I wouldn't believe them. But I wouldn't argue. I wouldn't say a thing.I've become a woman of few words.Tonight at supper,...

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Quick Pick book review: My Favorite Half-Night Stand, by Christina Lauren

Reason I picked up the book: I'm a huge Christina Lauren fan, and it sounded super cute. And what's this book about? From the New York Times bestselling author that “hilariously depicts modern dating” (Us Weekly) comes a sexy romantic comedy about online dating, and...

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Book Review and GIVEAWAY: When We Were Worthy, by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen {ends 10/20}

Guest review by: Erin Krajenke "I don't know you anymore," he'd said, standing in the den of their trailer, their two bodies nearly filling the whole room..."I haven't really known you since we came here." "You haven't known me?" she spat. "How about you're gone all the time...

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Book Review - Life Inside My Mind: 31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles

Guest review by: Becki Bayley Even now, with my teenage years so far behind me, sometimes I have to remind myself to shut my brain off, to tell it where to go. Sometimes I have to tear my eyes away from the mirror. Whenever I get depressed, it’s usually because something has...

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Book Review - The Year of Living Awkwardly: Sophomore Year, by Emma Chastain

Guest review by: Becki Bayley December 15 I almost literally bumped into Grady today because we were both looking at our phones while turning a corner. His eyes flickered, and I could tell he was considering walking away without saying anything, but then he said, “Hey.” “Hey....

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