A really good and heartwarming book. A couple more details and friendship scenes would have added the 5th star, but overall super great. I love all of Barbara Dee’s books.

This was the second book I read this summer that I found heartwarming in that it was a gentle reminder of the importance of human connection. This book had interesting characters and described them having friends, doing things in person and being authentic in their relationships. I enjoyed the characters learning about themselves and growing interpersonally.

An entertaining read, but very similar to other stories about Irish immigrant women who came to America to find work, and swap client identities.

This book was too slight, too predictable, to recommend. Banville has a wonderful way with a turn of phrase but that is as much credit as I can give him. Every single chapter features the main character meeting a new character, having a single conversation with them, then leaving. Usually in a single location. Saw the end of the book coming from the first pages. Kind of a bummer.

In this book, three men, a professor, an apprentice, and a harpoonist go on a mission to find and kill a sea monster. When they have an encounter with the sea monster they all fall off their ship and swim to a near floating metal object. The men think it is abandoned and decide to explore inside, they find a grand luxurious interior with red carpet and emperor style chairs. Soon after, while they explore, men board the object in uniform and escort the three men into rooms that look basic but have real mattresses and a table. then men enter their rooms speaking what seems to be hindi, once the men hear the three speaking english they told something to the leader of their group and he then spoke "nice to meet you, I'm captain Nemo.

Thank you to Kate Stewart, Kensington Publishing and Between the Chapters Facebook Book Club for an ARC of Drive by Kate Stewart. I don't give away spoilers in my reviews. It had been a while since I read a "torn between two men" book and I always like to read those in the summer. Drive is a great example of a female main character torn between two very different men - who loves both of them. I love the beginning - where the man isn't named as the story starts. Stella, is the main female character who is a young women newly arrived in Austin, crashing at her sister's apartment waiting to get her own apartment to attend UT. Stella wants nothing more than to be a music journalist, travel the world and write about bands/concerts. She has always been passionate and loud - the exact opposite of her calm, nuturing sister, Paige. Reid, Paige's best friend, is a freaking mess. His girlfriend just left him, he has a broken wrist and is barely scraping by as a waiter. He's also extremely hot. Reid and Stella take an instant hate/love take on each other. Nate is the owner of Austin Speaks - a music magazine struggling to start. He is also hot but in a clean cut way. Stella begs for a job but Nate can't afford her - or anyone, really. I loved the constant back and forth Stella struggled with. It really kept me guessing who the man in the beginning of the book was. And, I was wrong. Gladly so. The kind of passion that ignites so rarely - is always fun to read about. I truthfully skipped over some of the spicy parts but that's just me as a reader and not a reflection on Ms. Stewart. I loved the ending as well as the bonus chapters and glimpse into the next book - Reverse. Now on to reading Reverse. (from my Goodreads review)

This was a different book and I’m guessing some of the funky wording had to do with the translation. But I did like how the story all came together at the end even though it was a pretty dark tale.

I really liked this book. It is probably one of my favorites in the TBH series!

Great collection of short stories.

A perfect book to understand the 4 types of Yoga in Modern era