Popcorn Reads

[...] When I saw the book cover for The Good Girl by Mary Kubica, I was immediately drawn to it. If this was a good girl on [...]

[...] -winning author Megan Chance’s newest novel, Inamorata, by its title but also by its book cover with its sepia-toned depiction of Venice. When I read the publisher’s brief description, [...]

[...] War II era, and it’s probably much more complicated than that. The child on the book cover for Sande Boritz Berger’s The Sweetness drew me in. When I read the publisher’s [...]

[...] for scary books for October during the hot summer months, but I was instantly drawn to the book cover for The Hawley Book of the Dead by Chrysler Szarlan. When I read the publisher’s description, I [...]

When I read the publisher’s description of Cattle Kate by award-winning journalist and author Jana Bommersbach, it hit several chords with me: 1), i [...]

I knew A Pleasure And A Calling by English author Phil Hogan was a thriller when I agreed to read it, and possibly a bit creepy based on the publisher [...]

Sometimes it’s hard to know what drew me to a novel first or why I chose it, and sometimes that isn’t important anyway. I found the book cover des [...]

Maybe it’s my need to make sense out of man’s inhumanity to man that keeps drawing me back to novels about the World War II era, and it’s probab [...]

[...] . Let’s just cut to the chase: If you’ve never read one of Doerr’s novels, and you like historical fiction, you are in for a real treat with this one. It’s about family, friendship, loyalty, [...]

[...] . When I read the publisher’s brief description, I knew I wanted to read it. Inamorata is historical fiction filled with intrigue, mystery, the paranormal, and a bit of horror. […] [[ This is a [...]

[...] journalist and author Jana Bommersbach, it hit several chords with me: 1), it’s historical fiction about a strong woman; 2), it’s about the Old West, which I always want to learn more [...]

[...] a complex novel with so much depth and so many layers that it boggles my mind that it is his debut novel. My hat is off to Mr. Thomas. It is the story of family and […] [[ This is a content summary [...]

[...] sense of humor along with an almost childlike wonder tickles the edges of the pages in her debut novel, The Paper Magician. I picked this novel as an Amazon Prime member […] [[ This is a content [...]

[...] to truly forgive someone? What price do we pay for holding onto old hurts and wounds? In her debut novel, The Last Breath, Kimberly Belle looks at the pain families go through when something happens [...]

I was drawn to the beautiful cover art on The Same Sky by Amanda Eyre Ward but I knew I had to read it when I read the publisher’s brief description [...]

As often is the case, the book cover for Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm drew me in. How could I resist that mysterious face? Who was this person and why [...]

I was drawn to award-winning author Megan Chance’s newest novel, Inamorata, by its title but also by its book cover with its sepia-toned depiction o [...]