Spitfires

Book Review Spitfires by Becky AikmanHistory | Non-Fiction | WWII ★★★★★ Spitfires by Becky Aikman dives into a group of twenty-five aviators who were denied the right to fly for the US during WWII, and headed to England to join the ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary), becoming the first US women to command military aircraft. This was […]

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Welcome to Murder Week

Book Review Welcome to Murder Week by Karen DukessCozy Mystery | Fiction ★★★★★ Cozy mysteries are a go-to, relaxing read for me. So, give me a story about a faux murder mystery set in a small English village, and I’m all in. But what I didn’t expect was the beautifully layered emotional elements of this

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Connections Challenge Journal

Connections Challenge Journal This post contains affiliate links; as an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. We’ve just released a brand new reading challenge — our 52 Book Club Connections Challenge! This challenge has been released for our summer 2025 season (but can be completed at any time), and we’re very excited as it’s

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Connections Challenge

Connections Reading Challenge We’re very excited to offer you an entirely different sort of reading challenge for Summer 2025 — The 52 Book Club’s Connections Reading Challenge! How does this Connections Challenge work? This challenge is all about finding the connections between our reads. It is also our first linear challenge, meaning that the challenge

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Every Hour Until Then

Book Review Every Hour Until Then by Gabrielle MeyerHistorical Fiction | Romance | Time Travel | Christian Fiction | Mystery ★★★★★ The time has come for one of my most anticipated reads of 2025 — Every Hour Until Then by Gabrielle Meyer — to hit shelves. And let me tell you, this did not disappoint.

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Death at a Highland Wedding + Giveaway!

Book Review Death at a Highland WeddingMystery | Historical Fiction | Time Travel Death at a Highland Wedding is the fourth installment in New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong’s gripping Rip Through Time Novels, and we are so excited to have teamed up with the publisher to offer a hardcover giveaway of this novel! Giveaway details and

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The Amalfi Curse

Book Review The Amalfi Curse by Sarah PennerFantasy | Historical Fiction | Fiction | Magical Realism From the bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary comes another historical dual-timeline novel featuring powerful women, an incredible setting, and a dash of magic. When Harper Collins Canada reached out to see if I’d be interested in an advance

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May 2025 Mini-Challenge

May 2025 Mini-Challenge Who’s hungry for some good books? We’re inviting you to dinner, so grab a menu, pick your books, and let’s satisfy those cravings for our next five-star read. How does this May mini-challenges work? For this month’s mini challenge, we’ve prepared a three-course menu for you. On the menu, you’ll find three

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The Last Secret Agent

Book Review The Last Secret Agent by Pippa LatourMemoir | WWII | Non-Fiction From 1941 to 1944, four hundred and seventy SOE agents were sent to France to participate in clandestine work such as sabotage, espionage, and reconnaissance. Approximately forty of those agents were female, one of whom was Pippa Latour. Having kept her WWII

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