"Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore"
my take: Yes! I’m a sucker for bookstore stories. A store lined with books? Yes. Yes. Yes. This is a …
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"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. …
"The One Plus One"
my take: Having loved Me Before You, I was eager to read another Jo Jo Moyes novel. Daughter Anne read …
"Me Before You"
my take: This is in that beautiful intersection of easy reading and social issues….Pretty Woman meets Dr. Kevorkian. Not high literature …
"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 …
"Where’d You Go, Bernadette"
my take: This read is as fun as its cover and title. It’s mostly written in emails and faxes and …
"The Beginner’s Goodbye"
my take: I love Anne Tyler’s whacky and wonderful characters. It doesn’t matter which novel of hers you pick … …
"The American Heiress"
my take: Several books now have “if you love Downton Abbey” or “for Downton fans” on the front … this one …
"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 …
