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Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
by Kathleen Rooney
Memory lanes (9/22/2016)
As soon as I started reading this book I knew I was going to love Lillian and this book. Lillian Boxfish is 85 it's New Year's Eve 1984 and she decides to take a walk around her beloved Manhattan. I thought having the map in front of the book was very helpful. She visits …more
The Six
The Six: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters
by Laura Thompson
The Googled Book (6/9/2016)
I decided to read this book because I knew hardly anything about the Mitford sisters. It looked intriguing. I must admit, however, I found this book that should have been a scandalous, fun, adventure about real women ultimately boring, difficult to follow, and poorly …more
The Two-Family House
The Two-Family House
by Lynda Cohen Loigman
Too predictable (10/31/2015)
The premise of this book is interesting. I really wanted to see how the author fleshed out the two brothers and sisters in law living in a two flat.But they seemed like caricatures. Easy going fun loving brother and the stern, angry bitter brother. Of course the sisters-in- …more
Maybe in Another Life
Maybe in Another Life
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Maybe In Another Life (6/8/2015)
What if you could see the alternate life you could have lived just by changing one thing you've done? This book offers easy-to-read, parallel stories with likable characters that are fairly benign and a little boring. There aren't many surprises, it's all fairly obvious, …more
Small Blessings
Small Blessings
by Martha Woodroof
Book of Small Blessings. (6/17/2014)
Small Blessings is a delightful, sweet story about Tom Putnam, a kind and gentle college professor. He is married to a woman who is mentally unstable. He has taken care of her through their whole marriage with the help of her irascible mother-in-law Agnes. Welcome rootless …more
The Headmaster's Wife
The Headmaster's Wife
by Thomas Christopher Greene
The Headmaster's head trip (1/6/2014)
This book was a pretty easy, fast read. I'm glad I finished it. When it began I was very inclined to stop reading. I didn't like where the story was headed. I found it repugnant actually. But I sensed there was more to it so I kept on. I'm glad I did as the second half …more
How the Light Gets In
How the Light Gets In: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, #9
by Louise Penny
How the Light Gets In (7/6/2013)
I was so happy to be chosen to read Louise Penny's latest Armand Gamache mystery. I was excited to see what had happened in Three Pines since the last time we visited. Mysteries are usually heavily plot driven but Penny pays keen attention to the characters too. She fleshes …more
Where You Can Find Me
Where You Can Find Me: A Novel
by Sheri Joseph
Where You Can Find Me (3/25/2013)
I was very interested in reading this book. A "ripped from the headlines" tale. The premise is intriguing. Boy kidnapped from his family, returned and then the aftermath. Unfortunately I expected so much more. The first problem I had was with the unlikeable mother, Marlene. …more
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