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Our House
by Louise Candlish

What Happened? (6/8/2018)

This book grabbed me within the first few pages and kept me rapt right to the end. Two people with no desire to hurt each other as they try to go through a hopefully amicable divorce see their lives turned upside down and out of their control.

The Last Enchantments
by Charles Finch

Interesting memoir (11/10/2013)

This book was an interesting incite into the Oxford campus and the differences in how things are done as well as the language and British kind of class divisions. I thought it rather lacking in a story line, plot and even anything other than the passage of time driving it …more

Bone River
by Megan Chance

A Woman's Strange Journey (11/12/2012)

A very engrossing story. I liked Leonie Russell from beginning to end and cheered her struggle to be herself and think for herself against the wishes of both her father and her husband. An inherently kind and thoughtful person it isn't always easy for her to make waves but …more

A Partial History of Lost Causes: A Novel
by Jennifer duBois

Slow reading and rather boring (12/4/2011)

This story is true to it's name and for the two central characters the things they want and strive for are truly lost causes. I was never really sympathetic to either one of them because they seemed so self absorbed that I did not like them. The title is probably a mistake …more

The Borgia Betrayal: A Poisoner Mystery Novel
by Sara Poole

Intrigue everywhere (6/15/2011)

Being an invaluable member of the household of Pope Alexander VI who is the head of the influential House of Borgia is a tricky job for a young woman. To our modern minds the Pope does not act like a Pope, has three children, many enemies and is besieged on numerous sides. …more

Original Sin: A Sally Sin Adventure
by Beth Mcmullen

Cosy/Thriller/Comedy (1/28/2011)

Getting into this book was a little difficult for me. Lucy Hamilton seemed a flippant and totally self absorbed stay-at-home mom of a 3 yr old telling a 1st person story that was a bit boring. As insights into her past life unfold she becomes a bit more interesting. The …more

Bury Your Dead: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, #6
by Louise Penny

Oh Soo Good! (9/1/2010)

Oh So Good

Bury Your Dead grabbed me on the first page and with quick transitions in time and place pulled me through a whole series of characters and events that were intriguing, likeable, believable and hard to put down for the demands of my real world. The day after I …more

The Man From Saigon: A Novel
by Marti Leimbach

Another view of the Vietnam War (2/10/2010)

A vivid and inside view of war time Vietnam that is not always pleasant reading. Connections and loyalties are constantly tested, questioned, and changing, for the principle characters. Ceaseless bombing creates an ever-changing landscape not unlike the changes occurring in …more

The Crossing Places: A Ruth Galloway Mystery
by Elly Griffiths

Hard to put down yet comfy read (10/29/2009)

I will definitely read any future books in this series. The archeological significance of this coastal England setting is key to the identity and presence of the characters involved. Fortyish Ruth, single, reclusive, college professor, is pulled into the investigation of a …more

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