Bloodroot is Amy Greene’s first novel and the first four pages of the paperback version of this national bestseller is packed with praise from the […] Read More
Tag: Book Reviews
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
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
While 2010 hasn’t shaped up to be as wonderful for the blog, it has been a great year for me personally. My reading and this […] Read More
You know that feel of wanting to devour a book? Of wanting to put off everything – work, sleep, food – in order to just have a few more minutes to read a few more pages? This was what Sarah Water’s Fingersmith was to me.
It is edgy Victorian. A darker version of a British Annie. A novel for a female Dickins. And, it is delightful.
Seventeen year old Susan Trinder has been raised in a house of thieves by Mrs. Sucksby, who often takes in orphans. Unlike other orphans, Sue has been doted on her whole life. When Mr. Rivers, or the Gentleman as Sue knows the frequent visitor, arrives at the house late one evening, the story begins – or so Sue says.
I would venture to guess that of those who have read this book, Owen Meany would make a top 10 list of memorable characters.