by Jennifer Hallmark | Feb 27, 2026 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Hello, Friday Fiction Family! My latest middle-grade read, which I highly recommend to all my young (or young-at-heart) readers, is a Southern mystery, Coop Knows the Scoop by Taryn Souders. In this entertaining book, we follow the journey of thirteen-year-old Coop...
by Grace MacPherson | Feb 20, 2026 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
I’m an avid reader, and it’s rare that a week goes by without me consuming at least one novel. But I’m currently a full-time college student, and so a few weeks ago, as I was beginning to brainstorm for this review, I realized I couldn’t actually remember the last...
by Melissa J. Troutman | Feb 13, 2026 | Blogs/Podcasts, Fantasy, Fiction, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
I could not be more excited to share this review of Caligo by J. J. Fischer. (If you haven’t read The Nightingale Trilogy, read with caution, because I couldn’t avoid some vague spoilers of the last book.) Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE a series like The...
by Jennifer Hallmark | Jan 30, 2026 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Hello, Friday Fiction Fans! I’ve just read the best fantasy book, my first of 2026, and I wanted to share all the cool details with you. Jeff Wheeler is a new-to-me author, but with over thirty books to his name, he’s obviously been around for a while....
by J.R. Brady | Jan 23, 2026 | Blogs/Podcasts, Fiction, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Hello, Friday Fiction fans! Just dropping by to introduce a new contributor to the blog, J.R. Brady. J.R. lives in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains with her husband, kids, and critters. She is a published author of poems and short stories. Her first...
by Cammi Woodall | Jan 16, 2026 | Blogs/Podcasts, Favorite Friday Fiction, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
To ring in the new year of 2026, I decided to review a favorite book of mine by Alabama native Robert McCammon. Boy’s Life, published in 1991, is a beautiful, bittersweet blend of Southern gothic, horror, coming-of-age, and nostalgia as our hero faces growing up in...