Doreen Sheridan

1 week ago | thefrumiousconsortium.net | Doreen Sheridan

I can’t be the only person who picked up this title thinking that there’d be a religious subtext here. And perhaps there is, but the creators chose a much more interesting way to use the title word in this graphic novel, that collects the first (?) four books of the series. Science Officer Orrin Kutela is a twofer on his space crew’s mission to an uncharted planet. As both an evolutionary biologist and an artist, he’s responsible for recording any images should the ship’s equipment fail.

1 week ago | criminalelement.com | Doreen Sheridan

Jake Tiptree and her best friend Ellie White aren’t starstruck by the arrival of celebrity handyman Hank Rafferty, though the same can’t be said of the other residents of their remote town of Eastport, Maine. Hank has recently inherited Stone House, a manor long thought derelict, if not outright haunted. He’s determined to rehabilitate the place into his dream home, never mind the antipathy of his nearest and dearest.

1 week ago | criminalelement.com | Doreen Sheridan

Camilla Deschamps is spending what should be a banner day in her small family’s life feeling deeply annoyed instead. Her infant daughter Polly is about to attend nursery school for the very first time, freeing Camilla herself to go back to work at her literary agency. Her husband Luke, however, has suddenly gone missing. He’s always been the carefree foil to her more fretful nature, but surely even he wouldn’t forget to accompany her on their only child’s first school drop-off?

1 week ago | thefrumiousconsortium.net | Doreen Sheridan

with illustrations from the award-winning Terry and Eric Fan. Oh my heart. I actually had to check my calendar to make sure that I wasn’t being particularly susceptible to this book due to hormones, and that I was in fact laughing and crying solely due to Growing Home’s charm, wit, and deeply understood and portrayed empathy. Mr and Mrs Tupper live at 3 Ramshorn Drive with their daughter Jillian and a grumpy goldfish named Toasty.

1 week ago | criminalelement.com | Doreen Sheridan

In Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall, a love triangle unearths dangerous, deadly secrets from the past in this thrilling tale perfect for fans of The Paper Palace and Where the Crawdads Sing. Keep reading for Doreen's review. Beth Johnson is happy to be a farmer’s wife in 1968 England, especially when that farmer is Frank, the man who’s been in love with her since they were both teenagers.