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Help Wanted
Help Wanted: A Novel
by Adelle Waldman
Big Box Drama (1/1/2024)
Great read! I enjoyed all of the characters; their quirks and their stories drew me in. It was fun and funny, sad and hopeful. This enjoyable book describes the drama of the ups and downs of mostly ordinary people working at an ordinary big box store. Recommended for book clubs.
This Other Eden
This Other Eden: A Novel
by Paul Harding
An Island Community (1/21/2023)
This is a story of resilience, of survival, of human dignity. The author uses beautiful but raw language to tell us the history of this island community in his own writing style. There are themes of philosophy, art and carpentry mixed with family, food, love and death. I …more
Dirt Creek
Dirt Creek: A Novel
by Hayley Scrivenor
who we are when no one is looking (3/27/2022)
A great read! I could feel the heat of Australia and taste the dust in my mouth as I read about Dirt Town. My heart could also feel the fun and the angst the kids of this small neighbor were experiencing. The excellent writing took me straight into the story. The adult …more
The Fields
The Fields: A Novel
by Erin Young
Take Your Vitamins! (11/10/2021)
Well, I have to say after the first chapter or so, the pacing and set up of this novel was kind of slow for me. Then the corn started "popping"!! I was pulled in and didn't want to stop reading. Set in Iowa and a small town, I thought the story would not be fresh. I was …more
Mrs. March
Mrs. March: A Novel
by Virginia Feito
Olive Bread, Please (4/28/2021)
The cracks in the life of proper and elegant Mrs. March, who must have
fresh olive bread set on her table, become wider as her story unfolds. A seemingly perfect life starts to crumble with visions of things that aren't there, faces that change to be someone else, paranoia …more
The Sun Down Motel
The Sun Down Motel
by Simone St. James
I ❤️ Creepy Motels! (12/12/2019)
Are creepy motels, the '80's , and ghosts your thing? Then this is the book for you! I truly loved this story. It's been a long time since a book has given me the heebie jeebies, but this one did. The creepy motel setting, perfect. Supernatural elements, that for me, were …more
More News Tomorrow
More News Tomorrow: A Novel
by Susan Richards Shreve
A Family Canoe Trip for Answers (4/5/2019)
This story is an easy read, but full of topics, like loss of parents and husband, bigotry, religion, and family dynamics for good book club discussion. Main characters were done well in an interesting plot and a pretty setting on a river in Wisconsin. I liked this book, but …more
Golden Child
Golden Child
by Claire Adam
Hard Choice in a Beautiful Setting (10/17/2018)
This story is set in beautiful Trinidad. The descriptions of this country give so much detail, I could clearly imagine it. The family of the story struggles to provide for their twin boys. There is widespread corruption in the country that the father wants no part of, but …more
Me, Myself and Them
Me, Myself and Them
by Dan Mooney
A Humorous Look at the Seriousness of Mental Illness (6/26/2018)
I enjoyed this book so much. I thought the characters were well done. The descriptions of the routines that Denis has set up for himself to follow are marvelous and easily imagined. I laughed; I cried. I would recommend this book to book clubs definitely; so much to discuss. …more
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