Part Time Cowboy by Maisey Yates

January 15, 2019 by Christina

Fiction – Kindle edition. HQN Books, 2015. 400 pgs. Library copy. A close friend raved about this book back in September 2017, saying that it completely changed her mind about the subgenre of cowboy romance novels. Such a claim was enough for me to add the eBook to my holds at the public library and wait for a copy to load onto my Kindle. I was on the hold list for over a month before either of us realized the […]

Categories: 2019 Reads, Fiction, North America, Pacific Northwest, United States • Tags: Maisey Yates

The Millionaire Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko

January 10, 2019 by Christina

Nonfiction – print. Longstreet Press, 2001. Originally published 1996. 258 pgs. Borrowed from my dad. I grew up with the term “millionaire next door” in my vernacular. My mom (and, to a lesser extent, my dad) pontificated on the value of becoming an under-the-radar millionaire throughout my childhood. (Why buy new books when you can get them from the library from free?!?) Now that I’m an adult, I see how their understanding of this term has shaped how I approach […]

Categories: 2019 Reads, Economics, Nonfiction, North America, United States • Tags: Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko

Back of Beyond by C.J. Box

January 8, 2019 by Christina

Fiction – Kindle edition. Corvus, 2011. 382 pgs. Library copy. Cody Hoyt returned to his hometown of Helena, Montana after washing out with the police force down in Colorado. His marriage to the woman he married while still in high school disintegrated years ago, and while he tries to be the exact opposite of his own father, his relationship with his son Justin is strained. Despite the infamy of his family’s criminal behavior in Helena, Cody still manages to get […]

Categories: 2019 Reads, Crime, Fiction, Mountain West, North America, United States • Tags: C.J. Box