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In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage
by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
Lifted Out of an Abyss (4/3/2022)
Unsparing in facing her demons, Ms. Marquez-Lavado recounts growing up in Peru with an domineering, emotionally and physically abusive father and a loving, but submissive mother. Both parents were blind to the sexual abuse she was subjected to by a "beloved" housekeepermore
Girl in Ice
by Erica Ferencik
Dystopian Mystery Page Turner (2/27/2022)
Containing elements of science fiction and dystopian fiction, this mystery thriller kept me turning the pages in order to know the answer to the numerous questions arising throughout the novel. Although the characters seemed to fit into usual tropes: Unreliable femalemore
Valentine
by Elizabeth Wetmore
Best Book in a Long, Long Time (2/27/2022)
This is the best book I have read in a long, long time. The author's descriptions of the West Texas landscape, weather, and 1970s culture are so vivid I could feel the sun bearing down and the grit blowing on my face. Told in alternating voices, one comes to learn eachmore
The School for Good Mothers: A Novel
by Jessamine Chan
Potent Examination of Expectations Placed on Mothers (1/9/2022)
Imagine the surveillance of George Orwell's 1984 and the subjugation of women in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and then throw in androids and you have Jessamine Chan's unbelievably potent novel.

Ms. Chan's descriptions of the trials and tribulations, difficulties andmore
The Reading List
by Sara Nisha Adams
You Have to Walk in Someone Else’s Skin (11/14/2021)
My thanks to Book Club Girl and William Morrow for this early read ebook.

Mukesh is a lonely widower of two years in a London neighborhood when he encounters Aleisha, a 17 year old working in a small branch library. Aleisha has problems of her own and does not treat hismore
The Adventurer's Son
by Roman Dial
A Parent’s Worst Fear (4/1/2021)
In his book, The Adventurer's Son, well-known scientist and explorer Roman Dial chronicles a parent’s worst fear and the two year search for his missing 27 years old adventurer son.

From the beginning to the end of the book, Mr. Dial's love for his son, as well as for hismore
Sold on a Monday
by Kristina McMorris
Compelling Subject (3/21/2021)
The title and book jacket picture were compelling and definitely piqued my interest as it was set in the Great Depression. I recall that this book came out at about the same time as Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate so I wondered if it would be similar to it. It was amore
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
by Erik Larson
The Right Man at the Right Time (3/21/2021)
As with all of his books, this is an outstanding read. Larson's writing is factual, but always keeps the reader's interest. I firmly believe that God sends us the right men to overcome evil and Churchill was one of those men. The injection of the daily lives of Churchill'smore
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien
Iconic Expression of Vietnam War Experience (3/21/2021)
I have heard over the years that this book was the iconic expression of the American soldier's experience in the Vietnam War. After reading it, I can understand that belief. Reading the book left me feeling flat and depressed from the loss of life and innocence and pridemore
Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson
Seeking an Appreciated Life (1/5/2021)
Revolving around the life of an upper class English woman from her birth and death (and subsequent numerous alternative births and deaths) on a cold winter night through both World Wars, this book portrays English society and an individual woman's life in an unusual premise.more
At the Wolf's Table
by Rosella Postorino
In the Fuhrer's Service (9/7/2020)
A book about Hitler's food tasters at the Wolf's Lair during the last 2 years of WWII. The main character's distrust, desire, and ambivalence are portrayed adequately. The author does a good job of showing the effects of the war on civilians.
True Colors
by Kristin Hannah
Sibling Rivalry, Again (8/18/2020)
This was an enjoyable read, but not one that I would pass along to friends as a must read. Our book club has now read four of the author's books, reading The Great Alone first and The Nightengale second. We later read Firefly Lane and this book. I have to say that Ms.more
The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America's Forgotten Capital of Vice
by David Hill
The Las Vegas of the South (8/17/2020)
The Vapors recounts the history of Hot Springs, Arkansas as a den of vice from the 1930s to the 1960s. Casinos, bootleg liquor, and houses of prostitution drew the wealthy, as well as those down on their luck, from the American South and Midwest to this small spa town inmore
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
by John Carreyrou
Meteoric Rise, Precipitous Fall (8/11/2020)
Bad Blood details the startup, meteoric rise, and precipitous fall of Theranos and its founder, Elizabeth Holmes, who at her zenith was recognized by Forbes magazine as the youngest ever self made billionaire. It brings to the forefront all of the lies, half-truths, cover-more
Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country
by Pam Houston
Finding Beauty in a Difficult Life (5/20/2020)
A wonderful book. The abuse by her father and the neglect by her mother and the failure of all the adults in her life, except one, to try to rescue her was hard to handle, but the author's forgiveness enabled me to do so. As she said, Mother Earth became her parent. I sharemore
Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero
by Christopher McDougall
I Want a Miniature Burro! (12/13/2019)
I want a miniature burro! A wonderful little book about a wonderful bunch of animals and the wonderful people the animals own. The descriptions of the animals and the time the people spent with them were entertaining and endearing. Sherman is the hero of the book, butmore
The Silent Patient
by Alex Michaelides
Dynamite Read! (2/3/2019)
The Silent Patient engages the reader from the very beginning to the fantastic ending!

Raised in privilege, Alicia Berenson has continued to live in privilege in adulthood. Living in London with her somewhat older well-known photographer husband, she is a talented andmore
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