Book reviews for your long weekend

Dear Reader,

Do you ever have what you think is a slow reading month only to look back and realize that you read way more than you thought?

That's how I feel about August.

Can you believe that summer is officially ending this weekend?

We've already had a handful of crisp, overcast days here in Arizona. I hope you're enjoying the change of seasons wherever you are in the world.

Onward to the book reviews...

• ​I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger (literary sailing adventure)
• ​Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (suspense and twists)
• ​Catching Christmas by Terri Blackstock (Hallmark anyone?)
• ​When Christmas Comes by Andrew Klavan (not Hallmark, nope.)
• ​Thread of Dreams by Emily Barnett (moonlit YA fantasy)
• ​A Trick of Spades by Tasha Kazanjian (mid-century modern YA fantasy)
• ​The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman (funny medieval romp)
• ​Holes by Louis Sachar (a modern fable)

Here's where you can see all of my book reviews in one spot.

Hit reply and tell me what you're reading right now and how you're liking it.

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Meet Elizabeth Bromke, small-town storyteller

Stop everything you're doing and go check out Elizabeth Bromke's sweet romances.

She is the first Library Binding interviewee that I've had the pleasure of meeting in person. That's because we live in the same small town, where we've literally run into each other by chance on more than one occasion.

She's the nicest, and I know you'll enjoy getting to know her. She shares some funny tidbits and lots of great book recommendations in this week's interview. Go check it out.

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As always, I'll leave you with one irresistible indulgence—how do the creative people think this stuff up?

Your devoted,

Michelle

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