In an attempt to catch up on my reviews, I’m going to have two posts with two books each. Sorry for the short thoughts, but […] Read More
Category: Book Reviews
Ever since I read Ana’s review of Lord of the Flies, I’ve been mulling over in my head about how important context is to a […] Read More
The first book that I read by Sue Miller – While I Was Gone – I loved. I even really liked Lost in the Forest. […] Read More
Chris Cleave’s Little Bee has been praised all over the world. But for whatever reason, I had little interest in reading it. Maybe it was […] Read More
John Irving’s latest novel, Last Night in Twisted River, thrusts another unforgettable character into his reader’s imaginations. Like Garp and Owen Meany, Ketchum, a grizzly […] Read More
Appropriately described, Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Virgin Suicides makes myth of “suburban middle-American life” (back cover, paperback edition). This brilliant debut novel is from the author […] Read More
Jennifer Donnelly’s A Northern Light is a book I would have loved when I was 12. I obviously wasn’t paying close enough attention to all […] Read More
I think I liked it BETTER than The Time Traveler’s Wife!…Identical twins are sole heirs of their aunt (whom they’ve never met), move into her London flat (which she is now haunting) and develop relationships with the two men who also live in the building – one of whom is OCD and the other is their aunts former lover.
Flannery O’Connor once said (paraphrased): “When you’re from the South, it isn’t a matter of if there are freaks in your family, it is just […] Read More
Margaret Atwood’s award winning The Handmaid’s Tale is the type of novel that is so full, so rich with material, it is almost hard to […] Read More