review

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

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

my take: I love reading novels for a trip. My youngest son graduated high school this spring and family tradition …

my take: I tip my hat to Ann Patchett. … This is the third novel I’ve read by her and …

my take: This is Shauna’s third book of essays/memoir. In Bittersweet, it was pretty clear from her writing that she …

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

my take: I love everything Elizabeth Strout has written. I pre-ordered this on Amazon and just bided my time. Worth …

my take: How often do you get to read a published book by someone you know? It came out on …

my take: Whoa. This was a tough one. The first few chapters had the book chicks emailing to see if …

my take: I loved this. It sounds lame to say it’s ‘novel’ but it’s true. Something different. A great new …

my take: Okay, sometimes an author redeems themselves and sometimes you read one work by an author and you know …

my take: I love Anne Tyler’s whacky and wonderful characters. It doesn’t matter which novel of hers you pick … …

my take: My interest in Ann Patchett was piqued this summer when I got around to reading a recommend by …

my take: After enjoying Emily, Alone so much I wanted to check out other books by Stewart O’nan. Browsing for …

my take: Under the category of “expectations are everything”… we picked this book for Book Chicks based on my mother’s …

my take: Hubby and daughter have read all the Tana French novels … this is my first and the one …

my take: Anne Lamott is my soul-sister twin born from another mother. In her latest work she gives the shortcut …

my take: I loved this. I laughed. I cried. I came away a better person. The perfect trifecta for me …

my take: This is an odd, but good, little book. I admit that I liked it better after I found …

my take: In my work with ladies in recovery I often suggest books for them or read them bits from …