Smart is the best word I can come up with to describe Muriel Barbery’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog – however, funny and insightful aren’t […] Read More
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I am so excited to welcome this guest reviewer of Serena to Lit&Leisure! Welcome, Mom! **** I don’t habitually read beyond midnight, but I could […] Read More
Novel, biography and spiritual meditations – Frederick Buechner’s Godric is all of these at once. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, Buechner tells the account – […] Read More
Once again, Lori Lansens proves her ability to combine depth, humor and dark in her latest novel The Wife’s Tale. The narrator is Mary Gooch, […] Read More
This guest review is by frequent reader and commentator, Tiff.The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafonOne of my favorite books is The Shadow of the […] Read More
I can’t think of more appropriate book review to end 2009 on…. or maybe it is to start 2010. Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of […] Read More
Please don’t let these last two reviews portend what’s to come for 2010… “The truth was, when the rabbit got out of the car, there […] Read More
Like at least two of her previous works, Tracy Chevalier’s Burning Bright is a fictionalized account of a historical artist’s creation, in this case William […] Read More
What do you get when a judge, one half of a pair of old spinster sisters, an Indian and a 16 year-old boy decide to […] Read More
Guest Reviewer: bunny of bunnygoround.blogspot.comFat Girl: A True Story by Judith Moore Fat Girl is a memoir, the story of Judith Moore’s life as an overweight […] Read More