Month: July 2022

Month In Review

A Look Back at July…

DG Reads

That is a wrap on July! I hope it was a good month for you! My reading was a bit all over the place this month with a lot of great reads and some not so great mixed in as well. My favorite for the month was SOME OF IT WAS REAL by Nan Fischer… Continue reading A Look Back at July…

Book Review

THE CHANGE by Kirsten Miller

DG Reads

Rating: 5 / 5 THE CHANGE by Kirsten Miller follows three women, all dealing with midlife and unexpected changes in their lives. Nessa is widowed and her daughters are away from home. In her empty nest, Nessa begins to hear the voices of the dead. Harriet's life has broken apart after she leaves her big… Continue reading THE CHANGE by Kirsten Miller

Book Review

LOVE & OTHER DISASTERS by Anita Kelly

DG Reads

Rating: 3.5 / 5 LOVE & OTHER DISASTERS by Anita Kelly follows Dahlia Woodson, a young woman recently divorced and setting out on her ow. She has a passion for cooking and is making an appearance on Chef's Special, a competition cooking show. She's running late and a bundle of nerves and it is going… Continue reading LOVE & OTHER DISASTERS by Anita Kelly

Book Review

THE CHILDREN ON THE HILL by Jennifer McMahon

DG Reads

Rating: 4.5 / 5 THE CHILDREN ON THE HILL by Jennifer McMahon tells a story in two timelines. In 1978, the setting is a treatment center in Vermont for the mentally ill. Dr. Hildreth is well known for her work at the center and at home she's raising two grandchildren, Violet and Eric. When Gran… Continue reading THE CHILDREN ON THE HILL by Jennifer McMahon

Book Review

KNOT AGAIN by Kwana Jackson

DG Reads

I received a gifted galley of KNOT AGAIN by Kwana Jackson for an honest review. Thank you to Berkley Publishing Group, PRH Audio, and Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review! Publication Date: 7/26/2022 KNOT AGAIN is the second book in Kwana Jackson's REAL MEN KNIT series. Lucas Strong is dealing with the lingering… Continue reading KNOT AGAIN by Kwana Jackson

Book Review

WE LIE HERE by Rachel Howzell Hall

DG Reads

I received a complimentary copy of WE LIE HERE by Rachel Howzell Hall as part of a TLC Book Tours scheduled tour. Thank you to Amazon Publishing and the author for the opportunity to read WE LIE HERE! Publication Date: 7/12/2022 WE LIE HERE follows TV writer Yara Gibson as she travels to Palmdale, California… Continue reading WE LIE HERE by Rachel Howzell Hall

Book Review

SOME OF IT WAS REAL by Nan Fischer

DG Reads

I received a gifted galley of SOME OF IT WAS REAL by Nan Fischer for an honest review. Thank you to Berkley Publishing Group, PRH Audio, and Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review! Publication Date: 7/26/2022 SOME OF IT WAS REAL by Nan Fischer is an interesting blend of a contemporary romance with… Continue reading SOME OF IT WAS REAL by Nan Fischer

Book Review

ORLANDO by Virginia Woolf

DG Reads

ORLANDO by Virginia Woolf is sometimes listed with a subtitle "a biography". Orlando is a fictional character, but the character is described as the embodiment of Woolf's friend and lover Vita Sackfille-West. Orlando's story beings with Orlando as a young man in Elizabethan England and proceeds to cover three full centuries, where Orlando ends up… Continue reading ORLANDO by Virginia Woolf