January 12, 2024, Update : The Waters is for sale (click the blue link!), and it's a Jenna Bush Hagar January Book of the Month Club pick! Hello, fellow bookworms! As we bid farewell to another incredible year of literary adventures, it’s time to look to the future. Get ready to dive into two must-reads in the new year and join me at the wishing well for two others. Calling all lovers of the gritty, the real, the raw. The best stories have authentic characters, so it’s no surprise I am longing for new releases from two authors who specialize in character-driven stories. January is the release month for one, and the other, well … it’s a wait and see. I was first introduced to Bonnie Jo Campbell by my friend, the lovely and brilliant Kerry Peterson, who sees beauty in all things. Author Bonnie Jo Campbell has a knack to write that way, too. Campbell highlights the simple, draws out the mundane, and captures the everyday. Campbell also writes character-driven short stories an...