Reviews by Linda M. (Lititz, PA)

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The Family Chao
The Family Chao: A Novel
by Lan Samantha Chang
The Family Chao who are they? (1/4/2022)
I found The Family Chao an interesting look inside an immigrant family who have been in this country for more than 35 yrs. Although they had three sons they put all their future in their firstborn son. According to the family that is the way Asian Families are. But what …more
Sisters of the Great War
Sisters of the Great War: A Novel
by Suzanne Feldman
Sisters of the Great War (10/6/2021)
I really enjoyed reading this book about two sisters from the US who volunteered for duty during WWI in France one as a nurse and one as one of the many female ambulance drivers. I found the characters very interesting and surprised by some of the situations these women had …more
Catherine House
Catherine House: A Novel
by Elisabeth Thomas
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas (3/25/2020)
I really enjoyed what I would describe as a YA mystery. There was a good plot and background, lots of twists and turns in between the pages. I found the construction of the characters personalities very interesting. The dynamics of roommates at the school and friends was a …more
Patsy
Patsy: A Novel
by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Patsy (6/17/2019)
I really enjoyed this book. Her characters were very well developed and I had strong feels for each female and some male characters. I understood the feeling Patsy was feeling in every instance, missing a sister type friend, wanting to get away from a domineering mother, …more
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
by Anissa Gray
The Care and Feeding of Hungry Girls (12/14/2018)
All families have some form of dysfunction but this family was in a dysfunctional state for a long time. The parents died and Althea the oldest was charged with the duty of looking after her brother and sisters. Althea marries and her husband agreed to help raise her …more
The Summer Wives
The Summer Wives
by Beatriz Williams
The Summer Wives (5/3/2018)
I loved, loved, loved this book about a group of very wealthy summer residents on Winthrop Island, NY and their interactions with local year round residents of the island. The story begins in 1930 with the interactions of a local and the wealthy summer residents. Jumping to …more
Happiness
Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After
by Heather Harpham
Happiness The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After... (7/7/2017)
This book is a memoir. The author was excellent at making the reader feel what she was feeling at that particular moment. It takes the reader through her surprise pregnancy which her partner ran out on her, to the delivery of what looks like a healthy child to 24 hrs later …more
North of Crazy
North of Crazy: A Memoir
by Neltje
North of Crazy (7/27/2016)
This book is a memoir written by Neltje Doubleday. She was the daughter of the founder of Doubleday Books and Doubleday Publishing. Her memoir starts as far back as she can remember as a child, daughter of a self absorbed mother and a traveling father who when was present …more
A Certain Age
A Certain Age: A Novel
by Beatriz Williams
A Certain Age (4/25/2016)
I found this book with an enjoyable underlying story which gives you several hints throughout the book but the full story as to who Sophie really is and where her family came from does not come out to near the end of the book. To me, I felt the story might have been told in …more
The Return of the Witch
The Return of the Witch
by Paula Brackston
The Return of the Witch (1/12/2016)
I had not previously read the first book written which began the story of The Witch in a book titled The Witch's Daughter. This book had well rounded fully engaging characters and took me on a race from present day to Merry Ole England, through various other eras and into a …more
I Am Livia
I Am Livia
by Phyllis T. Smith
I Am Livia (3/11/2014)
I found this book very interesting but it took me longer than normal to read it. I don't know if it was me or some of the areas to get over wordy and over dialogued about some subjects. I will never give up on a book and after reading through those areas it became …more
Safe with Me
Safe with Me
by Amy Hatvany
Safe with Me (11/29/2013)
I enjoyed reading this book which I would recommend for mature Jr High on up. Having lived through a family member with the same type of transplant the girl in the story goes through, the author, Amy Hatvany, hit all the marks as far as right terminology, feelings from both …more
The Bloodletter's Daughter
The Bloodletter's Daughter: A Novel of Old Bohemia
by Linda Lafferty
The Bloodletter's Daughter (9/28/2012)
Amazing historical fiction read. If you are a lover of historical fiction, which I am, this is the book for you. I learned so much from this book about the Ottman Time Frame in history (1600's). This was a time period that glanced over in my history classes in school so I …more
City of Women
City of Women: A Novel
by David R. Gillham
City of Women (9/16/2012)
An amazing book with little known facts about an underground movement during WWII to move the Jewish people out of German by the German women, some of whom their husbands, sons and brothers or lovers were serving in the German army. They risked their lives under the …more
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