In case you don’t know, October is breast cancer awareness month. There are a couple misconceptions about breast cancer that I used to share. Those misconceptions are that if you don’t have a family history of breast cancer and don’t have the BRCA gene, breast cancer isn’t really a risk that you have to worry […]
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Get Your Mammogram
In case you don’t know, October is breast cancer awareness month. There are a couple misconceptions about breast cancer that I used to share. Those misconceptions are that if you don’t have a family history of breast cancer and don’t have the BRCA gene, breast cancer isn’t really a risk that you have to worry […]
Book Review: Carlo Gambino Boss of Bosses by Frank DiMatteo and Michael Benson
For as long as I can remember I’ve loved a good mob story be it fiction or non-fiction. I was excited for the opportunity to read Carlo Gambino: Boss of Bosses. This biography covers the life of one of the most well-known and powerful mafia figures in the US. Carlo Gambino’s immigration to the US […]
Book Review: The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
How bad does a family have to be that you’d prefer to struggle for every dollar than to stay in your family home and wait for a guaranteed multimillion dollar inheritance? Cam McTavish knows. Years ago he walked away from his mother and her deplorable family. Cam’s mother, Ruby, was a notorious heiress who was […]
Book Review: The Other Mothers by Katherine Faulkner
Katherine Faulkner had me in her grasp with Greenwich Park, so I was excited for the opportunity to read her latest release The Other Mothers. In Faulkner’s attest book, we meet Tash—a new mother and freelance journalist. Tash isn’t one of the posh moms, though she’s spent plenty of time observing them from a distance. […]
Book Review: Flores and Miss Paula by Melissa Rivero
Flores and Miss Paula is a beautiful, quiet story that explores the dynamics of a mother-and-daughter relationship. Three years ago, after a lengthy battle with cancer, Martin passed away leaving his wife, Miss Paula, and daughter Flores. The women are at a point where they just seem to exist in each other’s lives rather […]
Book Review: Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
On a muggy night in 1978, a Florida State University sorority girl decides to not go out with her friends—a decision that saves her life. In the early morning, Pamela investigates a noise in the house, sees a man leaving, and discovers a brutal crime. With her sorority sisters brutally murdered, Pamela finds herself in […]
Book Review: Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo
Flor Marte can predict the exact day when a person will die, so when she arranges a “living wake” for herself, her family assumes the worst. Over three days Flor, her three sisters, and two younger cousins will all delve into the stories of their family. As the timeline goes from the rich past of […]
Book Review: Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
20-year-old Mia’s life has just been upended. Her father is missing and the only person who may have the answer is her younger brother, Eugene. But Eugene has a rare genetic condition, Angelman syndrome, and is nonspeaking. As a search party is organized to scour the nearby woods where Eugene and Mia’s dad take their […]
Book Review: The St. Ambrose School for Girls by Jessica Ward
Sarah doesn’t really fit in with the carefully cultivated girls of private school St. Ambrose. On the surface, Sarah wears black, isn’t wealthy, and is socially awkward. Her mother—always looking for an angle to advance her own status in life—submitted an essay Sarah wrote and now Sarah is a St. Ambrose girl. But while Sarah […]