Month: April 2018

My Review of “Best Beach Ever” by Wendy Wax   Berkely Publishing Group  Publishing Date: May 22, 2018 Author Wendy Wax , “Best Beach Ever” has written an enjoyable, heartwarming, emotional and captivating novel. The Genres for this novel are Fiction and Women’s Fiction. The timeline of this story is mostly in the present only

My Review of “The Favorite Sister” by Jessica Knoll I would like to thank NetGalley,  Author Jessica Knoll and Publisher Simon and Schuster for the ARC of “My Favorite Sister” by Jessica Knoll for my honest opinion and review. The Genres for this Novel are Women’s Fiction, Fiction,  with an essence of Suspense and Mystery.

1. What was your motivation or inspiration in writing The Garden House? There were several things that inspired the idea behind The Garden House. The main one came from the seven years I lived in Seattle. I was struck by the long growing season there, the intense green, and the profusion of flowers– especially the years

MY REVIEW OF “LOVE AND RUIN” BY Paula McLain “Love and Ruin” by Paula McLain is an amazing, captivating, intriguing and intense novel. The Genres for this novel are Fiction and Historical Fiction, with an essence of Romance.  The timeline for this story  is  before and during World War Two. The story takes place in

MY REVIEW OF “BEAUTY IN THE BROKEN PLACES: A MEMOIR OF LOVE, FAITH AND RESILIENCE” Allison Pataki, Author of “Beauty in the Broken Places : A Memoir of Love, Faith and Resilience” has written an amazing, emotional, heart-wrenching ,captivating and thoughtful memoir. Can you imagine a  thiry year old  pregnant woman,  and her thirty year old

  MEET  AUTHOR LINDA MAHKOVEC         Christmastime Interview questions for Linda’s Book Obsession – December, 2017   What was the inspiration for the Christmastime series? I grew up with stories of the WWII years. My dad was a B-17 tail gunner and my mom trained as a nurse in the Cadet Program,

Skip to content Linda Mahkovec – Author Welcome Books Blog Contact The Garden House — in winter (images from Pinterest) PUBLISHED ON January 25, 2018 Though the story of The Garden House opens in late spring and closes in the fall, I made a Pinterest board called “The Garden House – winter.” The main character, Miranda,

Skip to content Linda Mahkovec – Author Welcome Books Blog Contact BLOG Flowering doorways PUBLISHED ON April 7, 20186 Comments   There’s something about a flowering doorway that moves the heart, that speaks of beauty and happiness. It greets those who enter by framing them with fragrance, color, and loveliness, and when leaving the abode,

MY REVIEW OF ‘THE GARDEN HOUSE’ BY LINDA MAHKOVEC I love everything about “The Garden House” by Linda Mahkovec. Linda Mahkovec writes  stories about Love, Beauty and Meaning! In this heartwarming and emotional touching story, Linda describes the landscape and gorgeous flowers, the home, the people in all ways that touch the senses. Miranda is

MY REVIEW OF “WHAT LIES BELOW” BY BARBARA TAYLOR SISSEL Kudos to Barbara Taylor Sissel , Author of “What Lies Below” for writing an intense, riveting, captivating, and intriguing  novel with tremendous suspense. From the Blurb on Goodreads,” Everyone has nightmares. One woman is living hers…….” The Genres for this Novel are Fiction, Mystery and