Read and Smile! 
September is the new January, or at least it’s a warm up for New Year’s
Are you smiling these days? Perhaps you are on the outside- but are you smiling on the inside, too? Is the real ‘you’ hidden by a mask?
There’s a book for that!
Are you sad? Have you felt your positive…..
It’s August Already! I’m delighted to share my reviews of books I have read and relished, released in August, and available now for you to enjoy on all major retail sites and places! The “dog days of summer” are here, so chill with a good “tail”…I mean “tale!”
Thanks to the following for providing me with advance digital review copies. I…..
#Bookem is for BookLovers 
Veronica Cline Barton, Bibiana Krall, and Amy M. ReadeDon’t worry- there’s an active link further on in the post! What is #Bookem? Three Authors… Great Content for Writers and Readers… Conversations about all things Creative!!
What do I do every Wednesday afternoon? I watch #Bookem on YouTube. Authors Veronica Cline Barton, Bibiana…..
It’s July! “OOOHH and AAAHH” Over these New Releases! I’m delighted to share my reviews of these books, available now on all major retail sites and places! Add to your summer reading stack and enjoy!
Thanks to the following for providing me with advance digital review copies. I am so thankful for this privilege!
NetGalley
Rachel’s Random Resources for Blog Tour opportunities
and…..
“May” I Entice You…with these New Releases?! I’m delighted to share my reviews of these books, available now on all major retail sites and places! Add to your stack and enjoy!
Thanks to the following for providing me with advance digital review copies. I am so thankful for this privilege!
NetGalley
Rachel’s Random Resources for Blog Tour opportunities
and generous Publishers Convergent Books, HarperCollins, Counterpoint Books, and Berkley Publishing Group.
A Memoir…..
I’ve Got you Covered!
You may have seen this meme, perhaps with a different color of book featured. And it’s so true, isn’t it? We may not judge a book by its cover, but we do remember it by the visual image we have in our mind’s eye.
I looked at my list of books I’ve recently reviewed on Goodreads. And I was struck by…..
Growing Old Notes on Aging with Something like Grace by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
“By turns hilarious, poignant, fascinating, and disturbing, every page is brutally honest. If you ever plan to grow old or know anyone else who’s already there, you’ll find insights here you’ll see nowhere else.”– “Sy Montgomery, New York Times bestselling author”
JENA’S REVIEW
No matter our age, we all hope to grow old, and indeed we are growing older day by day. A bestselling author of books…..
New Books that are #MustReads
Thanks to NetGalley, Blog Tours (thanks Rachel’s Random Resources and Boldwood Books) and generous publishers (Thanks BoldwoodBooks Books, Bookouture, One More Chapter and many more!) I get to read advance copies of books before they are published!
I’m delighted to share the following books and my reviews, that are now available on all major retail sites…..
Happy and You know It by Laura Hankin Praise for Happy and You Know It:
“An engrossing and compelling story of the lengths women will go to convince the world–and themselves–that they’re as happy and successful as society expects them to be. It’s what would happen if the women from The Nanny Diaries met the women from Sex and the City in the social-media age. I devoured it in less than 48 hours.”—Jill Santopolo, New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lost and More Than Words
“The perfect mix of frothy fun,…..
Looking at Love! Happy Valentine’s Day! Vineyards, jewels, cupcakes and bookstores, mystery…stir your heart with these lovely books! Praise for The Vineyards of Champagne
“A beautifully captivating story of wartime tenacity and tenderness that celebrates the sweetest bonds of human relationships and the courage to love again…..
