The Whole Golden World
my take: After finishing a self-help nonfiction, I was looking for something easy and fast. And this fit the bill …
What Happened to Sophie Wilder?
my take: A classic boy loves the wrong girl for waaaaaay too long story. And much more. Both main characters …
"We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves"
my take: I read Ms. Fowler’s The Jane Austen Bookclub several years ago, and it was so so. I am …
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 …
Stitches
my take: This is a necessary book…perhaps not today, not right now, but questions and situations will arise in life …
"The Orphan Master’s Son"
my take: My sisters and my daughters and I have a bit of a short hand talk for certain kinds …
"The Art of Hearing Heartbeats"
my take: Pictured on the top of my pile of things to read for a trip to St. Lucia, daughter …
"Telegraph Avenue"
my take: Oh, man, this novel has everything and the kitchen sink. Most of the way through the book I …
"Wild"
my take: This is a great adventure and great memoir. Really, by the end, I felt like I’d hiked a …
"Someone Else’s Love Story"
my take: The real love story here is my head-over-heels infatuation with all things Joshilyn Jackson writes. For reals. This …
"The Fault in Our Stars"
my take: This was almost as wonderful and necessary as Wonder … but for a slightly older age group. (And …
"Grain Brain"
my take: A few years ago I went gluten-free. I hadn’t been feeling great – bloaty, foggy headed, fatigued. I …
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 …
"One Thousand Gifts"
my take: It took me two tries to read this. The first attempt was to read jointly with one of …
The Jane Austen Marriage Manual
my take: Pretty much I’m a sucker for anything Jane, and I had Jane on the brain as I perused …
"The Art Forger"
my take: I couldn’t decide at first if I liked the writing style or not … and then I got …
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 …
"The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving"
my take: There’s hardly a more pathetic main character than Benjamin Benjamin and a complete cast of wacky supporting actors …
"The Interestings"
my take: The cover is colorful. The book is long. The cover doesn’t make up for the length of the …
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