"Nineteen Minutes"
my take: When I asked a young friend what she likes to read, without hestitation she answered “anything by Jodi …
contemporary american
"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 …
"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 …
"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, …
"The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns"
my take: I’m always on the look-out for good reads for my friend Nancy who requires a plot without terrible …
"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 …
"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 …
"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 …
"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 …
"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 …
"Say Nice Things About Detroit"
my take: As a born and bred West Michigan girl, I remember when we were moving to the Detroit area …
"Carry On, Warrior"
my take: I was introduced to Momastery.com by my Pastor Heidi a few years back as part of an adult …
