Reviews by Sylvia T. (Rancho Mirage, CA)

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Songs of Summer
Songs of Summer
by Jane L. Rosen
Songs of Summer (1/8/2025)
Songs of Summer is a heartwarming and captivating novel. The story follows Maggie May Wheeler, an adoptee who embarks on a journey to find her birth mother on Fire Island.

Jane Rosen skillfully weaves together themes of love, identity, and second chances against the …more
Girl Falling
Girl Falling: A Novel
by Hayley Scrivenor
Complicated and Toxic Relationships (9/21/2024)
Girl Falling follows the first person narration of Finn, a hiker in her mid-twenties who has recently begun dating a new girlfriend with a best friend that appeared to have her 'own' agenda. I read almost all of this book in one sitting. It's a crime novel, a psychological …more
The Divorcees
The Divorcees
by Rowan Beaird
Get Started Already on Your Next Novel (12/1/2023)
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Beaird's novel, the Divorcees. I liked this author's writing style especially since I had no prior knowledge of Reno's famous 'divorce ranches'. So, I was intrigued from the start. Add in interesting characters, especially Greer Lang and this …more
Delicate Condition
Delicate Condition
by Danielle Valentine
A Modern Day Rosemary's Baby (7/12/2023)
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. And if you like thrillers, you'll want to rush out to pick up a copy. Once I started reading it, I had a very hard time putting it down; literally finishing it in two days! A word of caution if you're pregnant or if you're struggling through …more
One's Company
One's Company: A Novel
by Ashley Hutson
High praise for One's Company and for Ashley Hutson (5/17/2022)
I absolutely LOVED this book. It was a bizarre storyline about a woman who wins the lottery and uses the money to recreate the "Three's Company" set to live in. However, unlike Three’s Company characters, Bonnie throughout the book experiences severe responses to the trauma …more
Some of It Was Real
Some of It Was Real
by Nan Fischer
A Future Movie (3/9/2022)
I really enjoyed Nan Fischer's writing style and was kept in suspense for most of the book. Sylvie and Thomas were such adversaries most of the time, but was surprised how it all ended. I believe readers will be focused on this story until the very end because it has many clever twists!
Heartbreak
Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey
by Florence Williams
Personal Heartbreak (12/26/2021)
I found Florence Williams' exploration into the realm of heartache to be enthralling. She turned her personal heartbreak into a research project that helped her endure the loss. This book balances personal memoir, scientific research, nature, and humor. It's overlaps with …more
Honor
Honor
by Thrity Umrigar
Ms. Umrigar Does Not Disappoint (9/14/2021)
Honor was well written, with a compelling storyline. Heartbreaking and anger inducing. As a reader, I was filled with admiration for the bravery, selflessness, and empathy of the main characters. The contrast between old and modern India was well portrayed. All in all, an …more
A Million Things
A Million Things
by Emily Spurr
Rae's Story (5/7/2021)
The courageous and determined Rae with dog Splinter by her side won me from the first page. This beautiful story grabbed my attention and I loved the way each chapter was a new day in Rae's battle to stay afloat while her Mum was missing. This debut will burrow deep into …more
Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights: A Novel
by Joshua Henkin
An Emotional Roller Coaster (4/24/2021)
The story of Pru and Spence starts with a young girl falling in love with her teacher, a brilliant professor. They marry and embark on a relatively typical life together with Pru in the role of supportive partner and Spence continuing his role as the creative, successful …more
At the Edge of the Haight
At the Edge of the Haight
by Katherine Seligman
At The Edge of The Haight (10/11/2020)
I enjoyed this book from beginning to end. The author does an excellent job of describing the life of the homeless from their perspective. Her characters are believable; some more likable than others. The plot is simple and straightforward - not too many characters or …more
He Started It
He Started It
by Samantha Downing
The Dysfunctional Family (3/12/2020)
Siblings Beth, Portia, and Eddie Morgan, the sole survivors of an extremely dysfunctional family with violent, even criminal tendencies, reunite for a road trip. The at-first likable Beth tells the story, sharing truly odd details about the others that draws us to her, an …more
The Big Finish
The Big Finish
by Brooke Fossey
It's Never Too Late to Start Living Your Life (10/13/2019)
Brooke Fossey shows how age underlines the experiences and interactions of the characters in the story and the varying portrayals of society's treatment of the elderly. Throughout the book, various themes are presented. Friendship being one. Though Duffy and Carl are very …more
You Were There Too
You Were There Too
by Colleen Oakley
What If.... (9/1/2019)
Colleen Oakley writes an emotional and intriguing novel. She describes her dramatic characters as complex and complicated.

Mia, happily married to a surgeon seems to have 'the perfect life". The book opens with the couple trying to have a baby after two miscarriages. Mia …more
More News Tomorrow
More News Tomorrow: A Novel
by Susan Richards Shreve
More News Tomorrow (4/7/2019)
On her 70th birthday, Georgianna receives a letter from the only other person from the 1941 canoe trip who's still alive. At the time, Roosevelt McCrary was an 11-year-old child who had been hired, along with his mother, to work at the camp despite being black. As an adult, …more
Courting Mr. Lincoln
Courting Mr. Lincoln
by Louis Bayard
An Exceptionally Pleasant Read (3/4/2019)
Louis Bayard fictionalizes the early days of Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln's relationship in this entertaining embellishment of American history. When Mary, seeking a husband, moves into the home of her brother-in-law in Springfield, Ill., she meets the awkward yet …more
Me, Myself and Them
Me, Myself and Them
by Dan Mooney
Mixed Feelings (7/20/2018)
Daniel Mooney has written a story of grief, loss, mental health, friendship, and love. He presents Denis' vulnerability while also delivering doses of humor.

The main character, Denis is fighting with his inner demons and it's horrible, fascinating, touching and frightening …more
Vox
Vox
by Christina Dalcher
And we never saw it coming (5/10/2018)
Jean is an interesting narrator. She's a neuro-linguistic scientist, studying how to enable repair of the speech centers of the brain after traumatic injury. Because of the word limit for women, we spend a good deal of time in Jean's head. A place where she not only informs …more
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