Yeahhh, what kind of name is Cade? It was entertaining.. Got kind of ridiculous at the end. *Spoiler alert*Exploding tankers and a stalker taken care of with a car crash? Nah.I think I'm done with the so-called romance genre, even though it was in the fiction section. It's just embarrassing to re...
I checked this book out of the library and was fooled by the fact it wasn't labeled as a romance novel (which I avoid at all costs). No offense to romance readers but it's just not a genre I enjoy - and this book reinforced that. I had hopes that it would be along the lines of the Elm Creek Quilt...
The protagonist is a knitter and it's set in coastal Northern California: I was already primed to like this book. I loved the protagonist's mentor based on Elizabeth Zimmermann, and all the knitting references being clear to insiders but (I think) not distracting to non-knitters. I wanted some of...
Found this hanging out on my overdrive app that connects to my library. I have this thing for getting obscure books that nobody has ever heard of out there and every once in awhile I find a real jewel. This was definitely a jewel. How jealous I am of the author's childhood. Learning fun things li...
I laughed so much reading this book! Toots cracked me up and definitely made me think of my mom and her mother in certain things (though neither is into smudging, seances or some of the other stuff Toots is). This is only the second book of the series, and thus the second book of Herron's that I'...
I enjoyed this a pure escapist read. It's a quick and light and fun read.As a knitter, I loved all the knitting! A town full of knitters, the wonderful and amazing Eliza Carpenter character (finding her lost papers and deciding what they would do with them was such a fun part of the book), and al...
Naomi Fontaine is a buttoned-up emotionally repressed and shy doctor who leaves her small town practice to go to a medical conference. While there she hooks up with a hot doctor for a night of incredible sex. On returning to work, she finds out that her absentee partner has hired a new doctor for...
The first time I read a book, I read quickly because I can’t wait to find out what happens. Sometimes I reread a book and the second time around, I pay attention to detail. I notice how the author developed plot, described character. I notice what makes the story a good read. This is what just h...
It was part of the fun of it. This year she’d chosen Forbes Island. She’d rattled off her reasons to Nora as if ticking off a list. “Some rich old geezer built it a long time ago and it floats, and it’s an island with a lighthouse, and he lived on it in the San Francisco Bay for years and years, ...
Janet said, pulling the passenger side mirror down to check her lipstick. “Are we find-a-cappuccino lost? Because I think we may have to be if we don’t get to this resort soon.” She looked at Tom, his cowboy hat pushed back on his head as he craned his neck to get a glance at a street sign. Findi...
Just gather as many stitch markers as you can—the ones you can’t pick up will help a knitter later. —E.C. Rig’s father gave a cheery wave, grinning like the five-year-old Milo who sat behind him. For God’s sake. His brother had brought the whole damn family. “Hey, you two.” Jake got out of the ca...
“So you can hear if your guy goes somewhere,” Samantha had said, showing her how to turn it on. “He’s not my guy.” She hadn’t even returned his phone call yet.Samantha had shrugged good-naturedly. “Then just to keep you apprised of what goes on in your town.” The phone kept beeping. “Structure Fi...