review

A Primate’s Memoir

my take: Our book club loved this … everybody had something to say and everybody read it! As a fan …

The Postmistress

my take: I gave this to my mother-in-law for Christmas hoping I’d get a chance to read it after she …

Things We Didn’t Say

my take: I liked Kristina Riggle’s other book well enough to try another….this one set in my birth city, Grand …

Purple Hibiscus

my take:This was on my pile of books to read before the Festival of Faith & Writing. as such, I …

A Grown up Kind of Pretty

my take: Thank you, Joshilyn. You’ve done it again! It was worth the wait. I work with women in addiction …

The Devil’s Highway

my take: I read this in preparation for the Festival of Faith and Writing. It’s a pretty serious book – …

The Paris Wife

my take: As soon as I finished this I did two things: 1) checked Wikipedia to see if the facts …

Into the Beautiful North

my take: I’m reading all things Urrea in preparation for the Festival of Faith and Writing in April. While this …

The Tiger’s Wife

my take: Of late I’ve been reading “different” books … this got me started on the path less taken: magical …

“Queen of America”

My take: I was so excited to read this … the continuation of The Hummingbird’s Daughter. I was a bit …

A Gate at the Stairs

my take: My mother had two copies of this, so she tossed one my way – without recommendation or explanation …

A Simple Act of Gratitude

my take: I read this in a day … a little book with lots of inspiration. I include gratitude suggestions …

The Madonnas of Leningrad

my take: It would seem that this book has the perfect mix to be super depressing: Russia, World War II, …

A Visit from the Goon Squad

my take: I was eager to read this after having read about Jennifer Egan on the NPR books website. Unfortunately, …

Food Rules

my take: I read The Omnivore’s Dilemma a couple years ago (my copy is at Lakewood Family Medicine if anyone …