by David Robertson Matthew and his troubled, daughter Holly, set out to find the trapline of his father’s youth. This book is an exploration of the bonds within a family and the healing that the land can provide. David Robertson writes with compassion and wisdom providing hope for his characters, and by extension, his readers. […]

By Barbara Kingsolver Demon Copperhead “Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival.” I am amazed at Barbara […]

By Clare Mackintosh The setting is a village by a lake and nestled in the mountains of Wales. Rhys Lloyd, universally hated by all (whose reasons become clear as the novel progresses), along with his investors, has built cottages for rich English “foreigners” . During a Christmas party, where the villagers reluctantly gather with the […]

By Tana French Another mystery writer who has become another favourity (yes there are more than one!!!!). She has written (in order): In the Woods, The likeness, The Faithful Place, Broken Harbour, The Secret Place, The Trespasser, The Witch Elm and the Trespasser. I discovered Ms. French at the beginning of the pandemic and read […]

By Marissa Levien In this dystopic novel, Myrra is a woman in servitude who is travelling on a ship that has been in space for two generations and is bound for a destination that is still fifty years away. At that time she will be freed. Her employers are of the wealthy elite who are […]