top pick
Good People
What really happened?
The Thursday Murder Club
“A little beacon of pleasure.” Kate Atkinson
Demon Copperhead
An American orphan story based on David Copperfield
"Anything is Possible"
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"Beartown"
#toppick #hockey #Sweden
"A Gentleman in Moscow"
#readthis
The Fishermen
my take: The upbeat cover of this book is deceptive … it is a colorful but oh-so-woe-full tale behind this …
Top Picks July – December 2015
Ah, the second half. These are the most memorable after a year of 50+ books. Fiction: There were parts of …
"All the Light We Cannot See"
my take: Sometimes I do weary of World War reads. How, after 70 years, can we still be mining for …
Being Mortal
my take: At first I thought to recommend this to doctors, nurses, people over, say, 70 years … and then …
Top Picks January – June 2015
Inspired by other blogger posts – here are the cream of the crop from the 35 books I’ve read so …
"Station Eleven"
my take: I’d been reading a lot of good books. I was looking for a great one. I chatted one …
"This is the Story of a Happy Marriage"
my take: This is a compilation of Ann Patchett’s various magazine articles and a few new essays ~ the book …
"Crow Lake"
my take: There’s something wonderfully haunting about this book. In the opening paragraph: “When the end came, it seemed to …
"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 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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