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The Family Izquierdo
The Family Izquierdo: A Novel
by Rubén Degollado
Frustrating (9/14/2022)
I don't enjoy reading books that have non-English words. This book frequently had Spanish sentences. There was no translation.
At the Edge of the Haight
At the Edge of the Haight
by Katherine Seligman
Frustrating POV (12/4/2020)
Maggie is a 20 year old homeless girl living in San Francisco . She has three friends that she is close to Ash, Fleet, and Hope and a dog named Root. Without them it would be a very dangerous place. As a group they can look out for each other like not being robbed. They …more
Miss Austen
Miss Austen
by Gill Hornby
Great Read (2/27/2020)
If you are a fan of Jane Austin, I'm sure you will enjoy this book. This book starts out in March of 1840. A family friend has died and his belonging need to be gone through so the house can be emptied. Cassandra Austin shows up uninvited and proceeds to search the house …more
Nothing to See Here
Nothing to See Here
by Kevin Wilson
Spontaneously combustable kids (6/20/2019)
Lillian a lower class girl is inseparable friends and high school boarding roommates with Madison who gets whatever she wants. Lillian gets kicked out of school and they don't have any contact with each other until Lillian receives a letter from Madison in her twenties. She …more
D-Day Girls
D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II
by Sarah Rose
Writing is poor (4/7/2019)
This book is about the time before D-Day and the year after. The Allied forces were losing the war. Winston Churchill decided to start a spy organization called SOE that would go into enemy territory. He recruited women. This book follows three women, Odette Sanson, Lise de …more
The Last Year of the War
The Last Year of the War
by Susan Meissner
Germany and Italy were a surprise (12/13/2018)
Elise was a typical 14 year old teenager in 1943 in Iowa. Then her father, a legal citizen for close to 20 yrs but originally from Germany, was arrested. The charges were suspicion of being a Nazi sympathizer. The family is sent to an interment camp in Texas. Elisa meets …more
Young Jane Young
Young Jane Young
by Gabrielle Zevin
Great Read (8/14/2017)
I really enjoyed reading this book, it was so witty and well written. I think it would be an excellent book for book clubs. It is the story of a young woman who has an affair with a married congressman. They are found out and he gets off scott free and she is slut shamed …more
The Gypsy Moth Summer
The Gypsy Moth Summer
by Julia Fierro
DISTASTEFUL (5/25/2017)
I thought there was way too much unnecessary sex and cursing in this book. I didn't enjoy reading this book at all. There were too many plots going on to do any one of them justice.
The Second Mrs. Hockaday
The Second Mrs. Hockaday
by Susan Rivers
Loved it! (1/16/2017)
I love historical mysteries most of all and this was one of the best. I think that this was based on a true story in incredible but as is often said true life is stranger than fiction. The letter and diary entries were such a great way to write this novel. When I finally …more
Les Parisiennes
Les Parisiennes: How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved, and Died Under Nazi Occupation
by Anne Sebba
Hard to read (8/17/2016)
I applaud Anne Sebba's meticulously researched work on this book. But the telling is too hard to follow and 100 people listed in the book isn't something most people can manage. It was wonderful to be able to get a glimpse into what the Parisian women went through during …more
The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins
The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins
by Antonia Hodgson
Thomas Hawkins at it again! (1/25/2016)
As soon as I received this book from Book Browse (Thank You very much) I got the first book The Devil in the Marshalsea. I enjoyed that as much as I enjoyed this one. As I was reading this novel I was worried there could be no sequel but was delighted when Yorkshire came …more
Maybe in Another Life
Maybe in Another Life
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Oh if I had only done that. (6/27/2015)
As a Christian I am always a little put off by a book that has a casual attitude to promiscuity. But it was realistic for today's standards. I felt sorry that Hannah had gotten involved with a married man such a fruitless endeavor. What really surprised me is keeping her …more
Scent of Triumph
Scent of Triumph: A Novel of Perfume and Passion
by Jan Moran
Just a Romance (5/18/2015)
I was enticed to read this book by the cover and the description. It turned out not to be a historical novel of WWII as I expected but a Romance set during the time of WWII. Reading about Sofia, the grandmother, was inspiring. You would expect her to crumple due to her …more
He Wanted the Moon
He Wanted the Moon: The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him
by Mimi Baird with Eve Claxton
The stigma of mental illness (2/15/2015)
I appreciate BookBrowse for giving me the opportunity to read an Arc of He Wanted the Moon. I requested this book because I am bi-polar with psychotic episodes. Mine is controlled with drugs but that unfortunately was not available to Dr. Perry Baird. He suffered terribly …more
A Fireproof Home for the Bride
A Fireproof Home for the Bride
by Amy Scheibe
Have to suspend disbelief. (12/31/2014)
I found this book to have a very slow start but once it got going it kept my interest. Emmy grew up in a strict Lutheran home with expectations for her future even a husband picked out for her. Her life was to be a farm wife. She broke free with good reasons and left home …more
The Last Flight of Poxl West
The Last Flight of Poxl West
by Daniel Torday
Poxl West's Memoir (12/31/2014)
I read this book very quickly it held my interest throughout. I think it would be a good book for book clubs because it covers so many different things to talk about such as WWII and how it affected the civilians as well as the service men, the love affairs of Poxl, the …more
Safe with Me
Safe with Me
by Amy Hatvany
Timely Subjects (11/24/2013)
I am glad I read this book alone. I cried throughout the book. I related most to Olivia because I was a victim of domestic abuse. I totally understood her mindset and how she didn't leave for so many years. I could only imagine Hannah and Olivia's horror as mother's going …more
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