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July Book Club Pick — On Moonberry Lake

1 Jul

I am excited for my book club to read a new-to us author. I have heard so many great things about On Moonberry Lake by Holly Varni — including that it is LOL funny! Have you read it? We would love to know your thoughts. If not, find out all about it below.

Cora Matthews’s life is a mess. A broken engagement and the unexpected death of her mother have left her wondering if things will ever return to normal. Whatever “normal” is. 

It certainly isn’t what she finds at Moonberry Lake. After she receives her family’s dilapidated lakefront lodge as an inheritance–with a surprising condition attached–Cora finds her life overrun by a parade of eccentric neighbors who all have something to say and something to teach her. 

As Cora works to put her life back together, she must decide if she is willing to let go of the past, open her heart to love, and embrace the craziest version of family and home she could ever have imagined.

 

Holly Varni is a native Minnesotan of strong Norwegian descent, who was raised in the Lutheran Church that Garrison Keillor made a career depicting. Between the lutefisk, grumpy grandparents, and the crazy neighbor who mowed his lawn wearing pajamas, the seed to becoming a storyteller was planted. She wants to give readers characters they can connect with, admire, laugh at, and most of all love.

She is podcast host of “Moments from Moonberry Lake,” and author of the “Moonberry Lake” series.

In her personal life, she married a University Professor with the same chocolate eyes as her romantic lead. They live on the Central Coast of California with their three sons. The characters of Moonberry Lake and their unique stories came about as she was trying to survive being a boy mom. When not doing laundry or writing, she has the privilege of being a Hospice volunteer, where she sits with the dying and listens to their stories.

Top 10 Tuesday — Summer TBR

18 Jun

Summer is out in full force here in the Sunny South. The temperatures this past weekend hovered precariously close to the century mark. Yikes! It is not even July! But thanks to a wonderful doctor from Florida, I have air conditioning! And it is in the house where I plan to read all the books on my Summer TBR. I have included 4 audiobooks that have been on my Audible shelf a long time. Fingers crossed that I stick to my walking goals as well!

What’s on your TBR? And Where will you be spending your reading time?

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Top Books on My Summer TBR

An American Immigrant by Johanna Rojas Vann

Between The Sound And Sea by Amanda Cox

More Than We Remember by Christina Suzann Nelson

Not by Sight by Kate Breslin

On Moonberry Lake by Holli Varni

Secondary Target by Angela Carlisle

Shadows of The White City by Jocelyn Green

Shelterwood by Lisa Wingate

The Spice King by Elizabeth Camden

Where Trees Touch The Sky by Karen Barnett