Mrs. Wiggins was a good time, but there were some things that I noted that may be goofy to some and useful to others. Follow me further…

Maggie’s upright world which she’s carefully curated, suddenly tilts on an unbalanced plane. Talk to me! Will Maggie tell Hubert about Claude? Will Claude tell his parents about him and Daisy? What do you think will happen next?

Get in here! Diane Marie Brown’s, Black Candle Women checks these boxes: black and female characters of varying ages, family secrets, voodoo and hoodoo magic, and R&B music references. If this rings any of your bells, give it a read.

Garlic is warm, cozy, and fully embraces being wholesomely cute. It’s sure to be a family favorite.

A More Perfect Union is a 2020 historical fiction novel inspired by the union of the author’s great-great-grandparents, an Irish immigrant and an African American slave. It was surprising and had its challenges, but overall proved to be an inspiring love story, supporting the notion that Love knows no bounds.

Beautifully written, Okra Stew: A Gullah Geechee Family Celebration is heartwarming, and compelling, and shines throughout with themes of family and food, and their emphasis on passing down cultural traditions.

Veronica G. Henry’s The Foreign Exchange is reminiscent of a cozy mystery with Haitian voodoo elements.

I had a raggedy Winter Break, but at least I got some reading done :-).

Unsurprisingly, after experiencing failure at the first bar, Hubert remains hopeful. It’s moments like these that display how supportive Hubert is, but I cannot help but wonder if he’s only being supportive because it further protects him and his secret. What say you?

Told from multiple points of view, in The Memory Concierge we witness the ups and downs, delusions, and realities of families shaken by the force of extreme forgetfulness embedded in brain disorders and neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Anosognosia.

Maggie got a man, and he ain’t at home. The manhunt is still on and it’s not without consequences. What else will she go through to get her baby?

Here we are, book three in the Lexington, Alabama series, Love, Honor, Betray by Mary Monroe and it was something else, ya’ll.