by Tracy Bilen | Mar 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
As a French teacher, I was super stoked to read an advanced copy of We are the Beasts by Gigi Griffis. Like the French TV series Murder In, this book has an intriguing tie-in to a real-life legend from 18th century France. Full of rich descriptions, the dialogue of...
by Tracy Bilen | Nov 30, 2024 | book review
Living and working in Ireland for the summer is the stuff dreams are made of…just not Chelsea’s. When she unexpectedly loses her job in Boston, her choices are moving back in with Mom and Dad or packing her bags for a summer job at a hostel in Galway, Ireland. Chelsea...
by Tracy Bilen | Nov 29, 2024 | book review
Beg, Borrow, or Steal by Sarah Adams Second grade teacher Emily Walker is horrified to learn that her arch nemesis Jack Bennett has broken up with his fiancé and moved back to her hometown of Rome, Kentucky. Not only does Jack return to his teaching position at her...
by Tracy Bilen | Nov 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
When thirty-year-old Genie’s grandmother tells her she has one wish to use before midnight, she doesn’t take it seriously. But after hugging her golden retriever Rory goodnight and thinking that he’d make a great human, she wakes the next morning to find a naked (and...
by Tracy Bilen | Apr 23, 2024 | book review, YA books
Thriller readers take note: Danielle Valentine’s TWO SIDES TO EVERY MURDER will be out on June 25, 2024! I read an advance copy of this young adult novel through NetGalley. This fast-paced mystery/thriller features two female protagonists: Olivia,...
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