The Septembers of Shiraz
my take: Septembers is set in Iran after the Shah has been removed in the 1980’s. I remember that event, and …
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"The Flight of Gemma Hardy"
my take: I recently watched the newest movie version of Jane Eyre … and liked it a lot … so my …
The Dead Father’s Club
my take: We at book chicks like to think of ourselves as Shakespeare experts since reading Will in the World. …
"Marcelo in the Real World"
my take: First off, ignore the cover. Seriously. This book is for high school and above and the cover doesn’t …
State of Wonder
my take: A few years ago when Bel Canto was all the rage, I refused to read it. Sometimes I push back …
The Great Gatsby
my take: True confessions: this is not the cover of the copy I read … mine (from the 80’s?) has …
"Emily, Alone"
my take: I loved this book. I’ve been experiencing a lot of loss lately, so the story of an elderly …
Pride and Prejudice
my take: I’ve recently watched both newer versions of P&P … and since I inordinately love the BBC production with …
Half a Yellow Sun
my take: Civil war, Nigeria. hmmm. That could be super depressing. As much as this is a story about the …
A Primate’s Memoir
my take: Our book club loved this … everybody had something to say and everybody read it! As a fan …
The Housekeeper and the Professor
my take: I ordered this without really having any idea what it was about. When checking out on Amazon this …
The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted
my take: My friend Nancy allows her children an “eat whatever you want day” shortly after school gets out. (My …
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 …
The Blind Contessa’s New Machine
my take: Oooh, this is a lovely little book. Little in your hand, but big in your experience. This historical …
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 …
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