I noticed Theo of Golden by Allen Levi, on the New York Times list for weeks, read about its jump from a 2023 self-published novel to being picked up by Atria, a Simon & Schuster imprint two years later, and noticed it was a Katie Couric Book Club Pick. None of that enticed me enough. It took word of mouth from a friend telling me how much she liked the book to decide it was time to see why so many people did. I listened to the audio version, narrated by David Morse. At fir

Solitary Walker: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft was a gift from my husband. I had heard of her, a writer mostly known for the book, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, published in 1792. But it wasn’t until I read this historical novel by N.J. Mastro about her struggles and contributions that I understood the impact she made in her thirty-eight years of life. While A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was a manifesto about the social equality of women and a trailblazing s

Yes, it’s true. I’m prejudiced about my favorite pick this month. That’s because Mummy’s Locket is my debut novel, and the first in the Mallory Grayson Mystery series! My writing-road to this debut has been a long one. While this is my sixth book, it’s my first novel and the actualization of a long-held dream to not only write non-fiction, but to also write mysteries, my favorite of all genres. It took six years to get to today as I developed my fiction skills, researched