Myla’s question: I have bad childhood memories, can’t silence my thoughts, and can’t form healthy habits or relationships. I know I self-sabotage, but always tell myself, “I’ve made it this far and I’m still a decent person, so why would I need therapy?” But I still feel like I’m stuck…

The amazing adventures of an Uber driver — Disclaimer: Please note I received a free ARC of this book from Reedsy Discovery in exchange for my honest review. Nine stories, based on real-life experiences. Three poems that reflect the same truth — that the ordinary is often extraordinary. Bravo! Of the nine short stories that make up Intersections…

I just can’t get enough of those lines that set the tone — Fifteen more opening lines, and they just keep coming: “Back in 1961, when women wore shirtwaist dresses and joined garden clubs and drove legions of children around in seatbeltless cars without giving it a second thought; back before anyone knew there’d even be a sixties movement, much less one that…

A love story forged in the most dire of circumstances — Disclaimer: Please note I received a free ARC of this book from Reedsy Discovery in exchange for my honest review. When Into the Blue Again begins, the reader quickly learns Emma’s backstory, and it is grisly. No spoilers here — it is revealed on the first page that Emma strangled…

‘Wonders in the Waves’ explores a healing journey — Disclaimer: Please note I received a free ARC of this book from Reedsy Discovery in exchange for my honest review. Wonders in the Waves is the sequel to Comfort in the Wings, Jennifer Collins’ first novel. Both are born out of the author’s own losses, and her own healing journey…

As I say goodbye to 2022 and hello to 2023, I’m keeping these words in mind — Wise words from Jennifer Wright: People talk about caterpillars becoming butterflies as though they just go into a cocoon, slap on wings, and are good to go. Caterpillars have to dissolve into a disgusting pile of goo to become butterflies. So, if you’re a mess wrapped up in blankets right…

What links them conveys a lesson about the power of grace and patience with those we love — Disclaimer: Please note I received a free ARC of this book from Reedsy Discovery in exchange for my honest review. Anush and Katya, a boy and a girl living in the region where Eastern Europe meets Asia on the eve of World War I. Erez and Niv, two men in…

Put the pieces together along with Alma’s distraught fiancé Disclaimer: Please note I received a free ARC of this book from Reedsy Discovery in exchange for my honest review. Alma is a mystery, and Alta Ifland puts the reader beside her fiancé as five distinctive voices fill in some of…