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Victoria
Victoria
by Daisy Goodwin
A Tedious Read (11/27/2016)
I struggled to get through Victoria. I am afraid I read this book from today's perspective. I got so tired of reading how Victoria would only be happy if she married. She would come into her own if she had a man to guide her. Too much detail was given to her infatuation …more
Since She Went Away
Since She Went Away
by David Bell
An entertaining mystery/thriller (7/7/2016)
David Bell writes a good entertaining mystery/thriller. The book is well-paced and has just the right amount of plot twists to keep the pages turning. I especially like the relationship between Jenna Barton and her son, Jared. Jenna is a single mom and it is refreshing to …more
The Opposite of Everyone
The Opposite of Everyone
by Joshilyn Jackson
The Opposite of Everyone (12/7/2015)
I struggled with this novel. I'm not sure if it's because of the subject matter or just going into the dark, rainy days of winter. Mother/daughter relationships, abandonment, foster care, divorce, and alcoholism are the tough issues included here. Paula, the main character, …more
The Good Neighbor
The Good Neighbor
by Amy Sue Nathan
Chick Lit! (8/15/2015)
Some people may see a book described as chick lit in a negative way but for me its about women telling their stories. Its our way of connecting and sharing what we learn in life. It gives women courage and strength to do the things that need to be done. In The Good Neighbor …more
The Witch of Painted Sorrows
The Witch of Painted Sorrows: A Daughters of La Lune Novel
by M. J. Rose
The Witch of Painted Sorrows (4/7/2015)
I am a first time reader of MJ Rose's novels and I was surprised by how well I liked the book. I was expecting just another pararomance novel. Reading The Witch of Painted Sorrows is a sensory experience. Art, history and books are my passions and I was thrilled by how Rose …more
The Same Sky
The Same Sky
by Amanda Eyre Ward
The Same Sky (11/18/2014)
The Same Sky reads fast but deals with tough issues that cannot be ignored. The novel covers the lives of Alice who lives in Texas dealing with the heartache of not being able to have a child and Carla, an eleven-year-old girl, who with her brother tries to make her way …more
Mating for Life
Mating for Life
by Marissa Stapley
Mating for Life? (3/10/2014)
This book is like sitting down and having a great conversation with a lifelong girlfriend. It encompasses all parts of women's lives and their relationships. This novel is guaranteed to make you laugh and cry, and have every other emotion in between. I loved it because of …more
How to Be a Good Wife
How to Be a Good Wife
by Emma Chapman
How to be a good wife? (8/31/2013)
From the very beginning of this book, there was something unsettling about it. I would pick it up, read a little, and then, put it down. Something about it felt sinister. Emma Chapman paints a portrait of a woman, older, her son having recently moved out and not quite sure …more
Ghostman
Ghostman
by Roger Hobbs
Ghostman (1/5/2013)
If you are a fan of the heist and how it all works, or doesn't, then this is the book for you. It's kind of an Ocean's Eleven meets Quentin Tarantino. The workings of a heist are beautifully crafted in Ghostman but be prepared for tons of violence. This is a gory one. I am …more
The Edge of the Earth
The Edge of the Earth
by Christina Schwarz
The Edge of the Earth (10/26/2012)
I instantly liked Trudy Swann. She is a woman born in Wisconsin at the end of the 1800s. Trudy marries a dreamer, moves to "the edge of the earth", a lighthouse on the wild Central California coast. This is a life she is unprepared for, but I loved how she adjusts to this …more
The Roots of the Olive Tree
The Roots of the Olive Tree: A Novel
by Courtney Miller Santo
The Roots of the Olive Tree? (7/16/2012)
Being from Northern California, I was very excited to read The Roots of the Olive Tree. I ended up being disappointed. I think there were too many characters and too many secrets to unravel and too many gaps in the story left blank. By the time I got to the end of the book, …more
Paris in Love
Paris in Love: A Memoir
by Eloisa James
Paris Deserves Better (4/27/2012)
A book written about Paris deserves more than tweets and facebook updates with the occasional essay thrown in. Eliosa James had some lovely descriptions of her experience in Paris but the format for the book was unsatisfying. It was hard to feel connected to her as she …more
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake
Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake: A Memoir
by Anna Quindlen
Anna Quindlen Gets It! (4/15/2012)
Anna Quindlen puts into words what it is to be me, a woman of a certain age (50s). This book of essays connects the issues that are important to women like me. Marriage, friendship, parenting, the care of aging parents and solitude are just a few of the topics that will …more
Three Weeks in December
Three Weeks in December
by Audrey Schulman
Three Weeks in December (1/8/2012)
Audrey Schulman tells us a story of Africa from two perspectives, set 100 years apart. There is Max from the year 2000 sent to Africa to find a plant that has amazing pharmaceutical benefits. Then there is Jeremy, an engineer, sent to Africa to build a railroad in 1899. …more
The Most Dangerous Thing
The Most Dangerous Thing
by Laura Lippman
The Most Dangerous Thing (8/25/2011)
Throughout this book there is a secret that is alluded to again and again. I really think the secret is something that changed as I read farther and farther into the book. Laura Lippman explores the perspectives of the people involved, why it happened and why it remains a …more
Snowdrops
Snowdrops: A Novel
by A.D. Miller
Snowdrops (12/31/2010)
At the beginning I found this book compelling. I found the descriptions of Moscow and its inhabitants in the early days of capitalism fascinating but dismal at the same time. As I read further, I was put off by the greed and decadence and lack of caring by and for its main …more
The Wave
The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean
by Susan Casey
The Wave by Susan Casey (9/5/2010)
The ocean has always been a mystery to me. It’s something that you show respect to and never turn your back on. Susan Casey has written a book about the people who race to ride the big waves, who study the science of the waves, the ships that disappear without a trace and …more
The Nobodies Album
The Nobodies Album
by Carolyn Parkhurst
Second Chances? (7/6/2010)
I love this book but it’s hard to put into words what would make you want to read it. Carolyn Parkhurst does not disappoint her readers giving us another novel with excellent writing. The Nobodies Album is rich with the kind of writing that makes you want to sigh when you …more
The Hand that First Held Mine
The Hand that First Held Mine: A Novel
by Maggie O'Farrell
The Hand That First Held Mine (3/17/2010)
Identity? What defines you as a person? What are the many factors that make us the person we will become? Maggie O’Farrell explores this subject in her latest novel, The Hand That First Held Mine, through the lives of two women, Lexie and Elina. We meet Lexie in the mid 1950 …more
Alice I Have Been
Alice I Have Been
by Melanie Benjamin
Mystery solved? (11/9/2009)
The relationship between Lewis Carroll and his muse, Alice Liddell, has always been shrouded in mystery. Their relationship, even from a modern point of view, seemed creepy and inappropriate. Alice was a child who was wise beyond her years and the photos he took have …more
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