How to Talk So Kids Will Listen …
my take: I know, it’s a wordy title … and one of the best books on parenting I’ve read. Reading …
"Let the Great World Spin"
my take: This book reads like butta … smooth and salty. The story is intricately and wondrously crafted. If you …
The Happiness Project
my take: This book is right up my alley: self-improvement; resolutions; introspection. All from a slightly pessimistic view point. Gretchen’s …
“Half Broke Horses”
MMy take: A recent trip to Arizona reminded me – seeing the topography of the desert and the bungalows of …
The Brain That Changes Itself
my take: I’m a bit of a brain nerd. I’m (maybe overly) interested in self-improvement, and very hopeful that the …
"Open"
my take: I wasn’t a huge fan of the original Andre: the brash, garish, angry early Andre. I was a …
The Line
my take: I loved Olga Grushin’s first novel, The Dream Life of Sukhanov, and this is equally fabulous. The story …
"major pettigrew’s last stand"
my take: a delightful love story … i fell in love with the Major myself. but then, i love most …
The Blessings of the Animals
my take: First off, I read this in Costa Rica, so understand that in the happiest place on earth, everything …
The Imperfectionists
my take: This was a gem of a pick for Book Chicks … I thought it was a “quiet” read, sleepy …
Everything Must Change
my take: This is one of those books I hope I never forget: never forget the shift in the universe …
book chicks 2011
The Imperfectionists Tom RachmanThe Happiness Project Gretchen RubinLet the Great World Spin Colum McCannOur Lady of the Lost and Found Diane …
Lipshitz 6 or Two Angry Blondes
my take: This book kinda knocked my socks off. In a strange way. The first 2/3 of the book is …
The Help
my take: I got inspired listening to Diane Rehm’s “Reader Review” (rebroadcast)…I read The Help quite a while ago and hearing …
"room"
my take: Gads! I read this in gulps … couldn’t put it down. Voyeuristic is the word coming to mind …
12 books for 12 days
my ever so fabulous husband has this thing about doing a “12 days of Christmas” for me … the 12 …
"a spot of bother"
my take: i laughed out loud almost every night while reading, which jeff finds annoying. it’s nice to be i’m-reading-a-funny-book …
best of 2010
too many to include on my Christmas card this year …. fiction:The Line by Olga GrushinLittle Bee by Chris CleeveBackseat …
reading list 2010
here’s what i read this year (in approximately the order in which i read them) … color coded by my …
The Hunger Games
my take: It’s hard to say I love this book because it is brutal. Seriously, I had nightmares. and, yet, …
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