"The Art Forger"
my take: I couldn’t decide at first if I liked the writing style or not … and then I got …
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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 …
"The Space Between Us"
my take: I’ve had this on a pile to read for almost a year. I’m glad to have picked it …
"Imaginings of Sand"
my take: I love reading novels for a trip. My youngest son graduated high school this spring and family tradition …
"Leon and Louise"
my take: It’s amazing how many books have come from World War II. My friend Julie and I have oft …
"The Language of Flowers"
my take: The book seems rather pertinent as I’ve recently encountered stories on the foster care system: On CBS Sunday Morning, …
"The Syringa Tree"
my take: I read this whilst on vacation in South Africa on the recommendation of a friend. It was great …
The Patron Saint of Liars
my take: I tip my hat to Ann Patchett. … This is the third novel I’ve read by her and …
Gone Girl
my take: I’d heard mixed reviews for this book … some loved it, some hated it, some seemed overwhelmed by …
The Night Train
my take: If you’ve never read Walking Across Eygpt, stop reading this and go find it and get back here …
"Breakfast with Buddha"
my take: I really liked this. I laughed, I cried, I came away a better person. This novel puts you …
The Burgess Boys
my take: I love everything Elizabeth Strout has written. I pre-ordered this on Amazon and just bided my time. Worth …
What Came from the Stars
my take: I’ve loved everything I’ve read by Gary Schmidt … he currently teaches at my alma mater … so …
How it’s Done
my take: How often do you get to read a published book by someone you know? It came out on …
"The Good House"
my take: This reminded me of Olive Kitteridge (which I highly recommend, by the by) in that the narrator is a …
"The Age of Miracles"
my take: I loved this. It sounds lame to say it’s ‘novel’ but it’s true. Something different. A great new …
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