I love books that are set in beach communities because they make me feel as though I am there, hearing the ocean and feeling the sun. On Ocean Boulevard is set in Charleston North Carolina, and though I’ve never visited, I’m attracted to the Southern...
Category: Women’s fiction
A Bad Day For Sunshine by Darynda Jones
posted by: thathappyreader
June 4, 2020
A Bad Day for Sunshine is a mystery novel with a lot of quick wit and brass. I love a story with strong female characters and Sunshine Vicram certainly fits this bill. It is the first book in the author’s Sunshine Vicram series. The story...
The Lies That Bind by Emily Giffin
posted by: thathappyreader
May 28, 2020
Emily Giffin is one of my favourite authors. She publishes a book every two years and therefore the wait is longer than it is for some other authors. The Lies that Bind is a book that was well worth the wait. The story begins in...
Family for Beginners by Sarah Morgan
posted by: thathappyreader
May 12, 2020
Sarah Morgan is one of my favourite authors. She excels in her stories of relationships, romance and family. Family for Beginners checks all the boxes and more. Flora Donovan has suffered hardship in her life. Orphaned at a young age, she went to live with...
My thoughts: Sisters Like Us is the fourth book in the Mischief Bay series, but I read it as a standalone. While the title speaks about sisters, the book is actually about three women – Harper, her teenaged daughter Becca, and Harper’s sister Stacey. Harper...