At first I thought I'd be bored. Once I connected with the characters, I could hardly put it down. It so reminded me of the laid back life we had as kids in a small town in South Dakota. I also lived in trailer parks for ten years when first married, so could identify with what happened there. Th...
This book is a hard one for me to rate. There were parts that I loved and parts that really annoyed me. My major issue, I suppose, was that I really did not like the main character. I also was enraged by the actions of the "small town" people, even though they were, no doubt, very true to life...
The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow is one of the most unique books I have read in a very long time. It's the story of sisters Griselda and Agnes Sparrow. Older sister Agnes weighs 700 pounds and is the miracle worker of the town of Bright's Pond, whose every prayer for the town's residents is answered....
Because I'm reading this series as they become available as free books, I'm reading them out if order. This makes it a little challenging but since they are light, fun reads that's OK.In this "episode " we meet three new characters...and it takes quite a bit to be called a character in the little...
An absolutely delightful story... First it starts in Pennsylvania where Harriet lived and where she loses a bet with her daughter in law and has to move to Grass Valley, CA, which in reality is where I live... In the book she meets a lovely couple named Blakely, which is my granddaughters married...
“Go on, Justus,” Mama said. “What’s it say?” Daddy cleared his throat. He looked first at Mama, then me, and finally at Ruby Day. “Did you know about this all the time, Ruby Day?” he asked. Ruby Day pouted and blinked. “What is it, Daddy? What’s it say?” “It says that Sapphire Whitaker is the own...
Prudence hadn’t called, so Henry was taking that as a good sign that she had gotten past her morning sickness today. “I hate to throw up, Humphrey. It’s my least favorite thing to do.” Humphrey said, “Woof.” “Except in this case, if I could be sick for her, I would be—gladly.” Henry saved his fil...