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If you’re familiar with Hannibal Lector (he was the main character in “Silence of the Lambs,” another book by Thomas Harris that was made into a highly successful screenplay), this is the book that gives some insight into what made Hannibal into the evil and disturbed person many of us first read about in Red […]

This was a great easy reading book; at times sad, happy, touching, and heartwarming.
Richard Paul Evans also wrote “The Christmas Box” which was a great book so I had high expectations for this book and I wasn’t disappointed. After Evan’s mother, who was his biggest supporter and fan, passed away in February 2006, Evans […]

This is the ninth book in the Elm Creek Quilt series although this is the first one I’ve read. I will be going to my local library to look for copies of the other books in the series so I can read them too.
The concept of this book was new to me, but very […]

Milk Glass Moon is the third book in a series of books about Big Stone Gap. I recommend reading the books in order which means reading “Big Stone Gap,” then “Big Cherry Holler,” then “Milk Glass Moon,” and then “Home to Big Stone Gap” which as of the writing of this review is […]

If you are looking for a light reading book, this is a decent choice. Because the plot isn’t complicated or hard to follow, it’s a good book to read while traveling or while on vacation because you can put it down, pick it back up again later to read more, and easily get back […]

Weezie Foley, the main character in this book, is once again working her decorating magic in her antiques store because she wants to win the Savannah window decorating contest this year. She wants to win it almost as much as she doesn’t want her competition across the square, Babalu to win. Weezie invests […]