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

I first learned about Unread: A Memoir of Learning (and Loving) to Read on TikTok, by Oliver James, from a Substack newsletter and I’m glad I did. While memoirs are not typically my go-to-genre, this one will stay in my consciousness for a long time. I listened to the audio version narrated both by the author, Oliver James, and the main narrator, James Shipply. The book is a candid and inspirational story of a young man who graduated from high school without ever learning t

After seeing this 2017 novel week after week on The New York Times best seller-list, I finally bought a copy three years ago, intrigued to find out why it was so popular. But it got buried in my to-read stack of books until this month when I rediscovered it. Now after reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, I understand why it was, and still is, so popular. Like an eavesdropper, the reader peeks into the life of a fictional Hollywood star, challen