In Great Thoughts’ Valentines’ Series, today Mary Alice Monroe (one of my very favorite authors) joins us with a Valentine to her readers. Mary Alice’s next book, Beach House For Rent comes out on June 20th. I want to rent this house. About The Book: Two women. One summer. One very special house. Two women from different generations are bound together […]
View ArticleThe Top Books of 2020 / My Year In Books

The Top Books of 2020 / My Year In Books 2020 is one for the books. In lieu of publishing my annual top books of the year post, I am going to talk about my year in books. It is not fair to authors to post top books this year as so […]
View Article 2020, my year in reading, Top BooksTuesday Books On Sale

affiliate links Books On Sale Right Now Need a good read for the dog days of August? Some of my favorites are on sale for $1.99: The Beach House by Mary Alice Monroe The best book to keep that Summer feeling alive. Before The Rain Falls by Camille DiMaio Wonderful historical fiction with lyrical […]
View Article books saleReaders’ Favorites June 2017

In the Great Thoughts’ Great Readers’ Book Salon, our readers read ALOT. Because the same books get ALL the national press, I thought I would poll real readers and see what they think the Best Books of 2017 are thus far that are outside the national press favorites. This Readers’ Favorites list is dedicated […]
View ArticleTop Books of 2015

I am thrilled to present Great Thoughts’ Top Books of 2015. I cannot remember a year with as many amazing books as 2015. Narrowing the list was a great challenge this year as there were so many outstanding choices. Without further ado, here are the Top Books of 2015: Top 5 Books of 2015 […]
View ArticleThe Best Beach Reads of Summer 2015

Is there anything better than a good book to read while lounging on a beach? Not in my book! here are the Best Beach Reads of Summer 2015… Beach Town by Mary Kay Andrews (the Queen of the Beach Book) is simply delightful. It is funny, charming and poignant all at the same time. This […]
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