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. …
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Transatlantic
my take: I loved Let the Great World Spin and when I saw this at the book store I grabbed it. Spin had a …
"Paper Towns"
my take: I very much enjoyed John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, so when I saw this at Target …
The One Plus One
my take: Having loved Me Before You, I was eager to read another Jo Jo Moyes novel. Daughter Anne read …
Divergent
my take: This has been on and off my to-read pile for a long time. I was excited about it …
"Crow Lake"
my take: There’s something wonderfully haunting about this book. In the opening paragraph: “When the end came, it seemed to …
The Master Butchers Singing Club
my take: Isn’t it interesting that the timing of when one reads a book very much affects the experience? After …
Landline
my take: This was an impulse buy for me … I’d seen it and heard about it and decided to …
"The Daughters of Mars"
my take: I learned about this from a friend (former soccer moms together) who reads this blog … I bought …
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 Sojourn"
my take: This slim book was a great surprise. I saw it on my cousin Betsy’s TO READ pile and …
Me Before You
my take: This is in that beautiful intersection of easy reading and social issues….Pretty Woman meets Dr. Kevorkian. Not high …
"The Cellist of Sarajevo"
my take: This is a quick and excellent read … although it’s about WAR so it’s not entirely easy. It’s …
Ordinary Grace
my take: Apparently, William Kent Krueger writes mysteries … and this novel is a venture off his usual style … …
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 …
Frances and Bernard
my take: I can’t contain myself: this book is fabulous. Could end the review right here. Seriously. First of all, …
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