A good spy novel can be the vacation that one needs from the everyday monotony of regular life. When I was asked if I’d like to review The Eighth Sister by Robert Dugoni, I was happy to do so. This novel brings in a CIA case officer and a Russian…

We have 3 rescued cats – Lady, Stripes, and Lulu. They’re healthy for the most part, but there’s a lot I don’t know about pet health. At some point, we’d love to have a dog. That’s why when I was offered the opportunity to review National Geographic’s Complete Guide to…

We all make compromises in life, particularly when it comes to relationships. Some of those compromises are small – forgoing a favorite food that our beloved hates, for example – but some of those compromises are larger. Susan Dworkin’s latest novel, The Garden Lady is about one such compromise –…

Desperate Housewives. Gossip Girl. Melrose Place. What do these three television shows have in common? They each involve game playing that sometimes goes wrong, particularly when it comes to seeking revenge. What She Gave Away by Catherine Riggs also follows the storyline of revenge that is sought out, but that…

I will be honest, I feel like dual (and multiple) timeline stories can be either executed really well, like This Is Us or they can fall flat. For me, The Woman in the Lake by Nicola Cornick was somewhere in the middle. I had a hard time suspending belief in…