Book Chicks read

The Giver of Stars

Part love story, part ode to literature, part ode to LIBRARIANS, this historical fiction set in the Great Depression is …

The Cleaner of Chartres

my take: This is a quiet novel that runs deep. Agnes, the cleaner, appears to be a blank slate upon …

The Book of Jonah

my take:  In this is a modern re-telling of the Biblical book, Tarshish and Ninevah are replaced with New York …

"Marmee and Louisa"

my take: Every year at Book Chicks book club we read a biography or autobiography. And every year we’re all …

Smarter Than You Think

my take: I went into this one kicking and screaming a bit … it’s summer, and I want beach reads! …

The Boys in the Boat

my take: I finished this at 1:15 a.m. At about midnight I realized I was a goner – needed to …

"The Cellist of Sarajevo"

my take: This is a quick and excellent read … although it’s about WAR so it’s not entirely easy. It’s …

Ordinary Grace

my take: Apparently, William Kent Krueger writes mysteries … and this novel is a venture off his usual style … …

Frances and Bernard

my take: I can’t contain myself: this book is fabulous. Could end the review right here. Seriously. First of all, …

The Good Lord Bird

my take: Several years ago I listened to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn on tape in my van (yes, that’s …

The Round House

my take: I loved the voice of the narrator in this coming-of-age story. Joe looks back on a pivotal moment …

This is Where I Leave You

my take: Really, the family in this book has the corner on the DYSFUNCTION market. It’s being made into a …

A Moveable Feast

my take: This was great to read after reading The Paris Wife … if we hadn’t read that last year, …

Cleopatra: A Life

my take: I’m always, always, always glad to have read a biography once it’s done (and I’m almost always, always, …

Gone Girl

my take: I’d heard mixed reviews for this book … some loved it, some hated it, some seemed overwhelmed by …