Explore our new BookBrowse Community Forum!

Reviews by Karen S. (Orlando, FL)

If you'd like to be able to easily share your reviews with others, please join BookBrowse.
Order Reviews by:
Iron Curtain: A Love Story
by Vesna Goldsworthy
Open the Iron Curtain (1/22/2023)
Vesna Goldsworthy presents a beautiful story of a young woman's experience of love, but more importantly her discovery of resilience and strength. This historical fiction offers a peek behind the iron curtain of 1980s Russia through the eyes of a socialite named Milena, who decides to follow her heart and leave her privileged life. The pace felt a bit slow at the beginning but quickly picks up as the story unfolds. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and look forward to reading it again. I highly recommend Iron Curtain!
Fly Girl: A Memoir
by Ann Hood
Fly Girl is First Class (5/1/2022)
Ann Hood has written a wonderful walk through aviation history from the flight attendant perspective. She shares humorous and touching stories from her own experience. It brought back memories of my own experiences as a child boarding my first plane. This is a great book to pack in your carry-on bag for your next vacation. I highly recommend this book!
Peach Blossom Spring: A Novel
by Melissa Fu
A Beautiful Story (3/22/2022)
Melissa Fu presents a beautiful story of family, love, resilience, and determination through the eyes of a young mother and her son. This historical fiction takes us across China, Taiwan, and the United States over the course of 50 years. The book offers an insightful look at the struggle to survive while escaping political upheaval and to begin a new life in another country.

Ms Fu has written a wonderful and moving story. I was drawn in immediately and did not want to put the book down. Through her words, I could see each family member and the landscape that they traveled. I highly recommend Peach Blossom Spring, especially for a book club discussion.
  • Page
  • 1

Top Picks

  • Book Jacket: Our Evenings
    Our Evenings
    by Alan Hollinghurst
    Alan Hollinghurst's novel Our Evenings is the fictional autobiography of Dave Win, a British ...
  • Book Jacket: Graveyard Shift
    Graveyard Shift
    by M. L. Rio
    Following the success of her debut novel, If We Were Villains, M. L. Rio's latest book is the quasi-...
  • Book Jacket: The Sisters K
    The Sisters K
    by Maureen Sun
    The Kim sisters—Minah, Sarah, and Esther—have just learned their father is dying of ...
  • Book Jacket: Linguaphile
    Linguaphile
    by Julie Sedivy
    From an infant's first attempts to connect with the world around them to the final words shared with...

Members Recommend

  • Book Jacket

    Pony Confidential
    by Christina Lynch

    In this whimsical mystery, a grumpy pony must clear his beloved human's name from a murder accusation.

Who Said...

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home: but unlike charity, it should end there.

Click Here to find out who said this, as well as discovering other famous literary quotes!

Wordplay

Solve this clue:

F the M

and be entered to win..

Your guide toexceptional          books

BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us.