must read

Being Mortal

my take: At first I thought to recommend this to doctors, nurses, people over, say, 70 years … and then …

"Station Eleven"

my take: I’d been reading a lot of good books. I was looking for a great one. I chatted one …

The Boys in the Boat

my take: I finished this at 1:15 a.m. At about midnight I realized I was a goner – needed to …

"Anticancer"

my take: I was having lunch with a new friend and when the convo got around to books (as any …

"Wonder"

my take: Oh, man. This is really good. This is one of those books you want everybody to read. It’s …

"The Doctor’s Wife"

my take: As a doctor’s wife I was curious about this book … it’s very small … actually more of …

"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 Line

my take: I loved Olga Grushin’s first novel, The Dream Life of Sukhanov, and this is equally fabulous. The story …

best of 2010

too many to include on my Christmas card this year …. fiction:The Line by Olga GrushinLittle Bee by Chris CleeveBackseat …

The Hunger Games

my take: It’s hard to say I love this book because it is brutal. Seriously, I had nightmares. and, yet, …

Still Alice

my take: A devastating, beautiful novel told from the perspective of an Alzheimer’s victim. As the disease progresses, the narrative …