What Alice Forgot
my take: When Alice, a 39 year old mother of three, falls off her spin bike and knocks her head …
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"The Silver Star"
my take: The opening lines of The Silver Star are reminiscent of The Glass Castle: “My sister saved my life when …
The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion
my take: I always love a Fannie Flagg book…generally small-town Southern, salt of the earth people, slightly funny, slightly touching. …
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
my take: I put off starting this because it’s nonfiction AND it’s India. It was obvious to me it was …
Transatlantic
my take: I loved Let the Great World Spin and when I saw this at the book store I grabbed it. Spin had a …
"This is the Story of a Happy Marriage"
my take: This is a compilation of Ann Patchett’s various magazine articles and a few new essays ~ the book …
The One Plus One
my take: Having loved Me Before You, I was eager to read another Jo Jo Moyes novel. Daughter Anne read …
Divergent
my take: This has been on and off my to-read pile for a long time. I was excited about it …
Landline
my take: This was an impulse buy for me … I’d seen it and heard about it and decided to …
"Nineteen Minutes"
my take: When I asked a young friend what she likes to read, without hestitation she answered “anything by Jodi …
The Storied Life of A.J. Firky
my take: This is just fun. If you love book stores, if you love books, if you love love triumphing …
Self Compassion
my take: Okay, this is a little different review … Although I think this is definitely worth a read if …
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 Magician’s Assistant"
my take: Ah, another great read from Ann Patchett. This was published in 1996, which doesn’t seem like that long …
Me Before You
my take: This is in that beautiful intersection of easy reading and social issues….Pretty Woman meets Dr. Kevorkian. Not high …
"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 … …
The Good Luck of Right Now
my take: I watched The Silver Linings Playbook several months ago and was stunned by it … wild, gripping, poignant, disturbing, …
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