I was misled about Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran. Since it was published in 2003 – and from what I remember, it was all […] Read More
Tag: Book Reviews
Pamela Binnings Ewen’s third novel takes a personal turn as she tells the story of her grandmother in The Moon in the Mango Tree. Barbara […] Read More
Maybe it is the fact that I’ve recently read two books that read like a collection of short stories, or maybe it is because it […] Read More
I feel like I’m the last ‘reader’ to experience Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. I was sent a copy of Martel’s newest novel, Beatrice and […] Read More
Rebecca Wells’ Ya-Yas in Bloom was the perfect audio book. Until it wasn’t. Just into the second CD I realized that this was an abridged […] Read More
I love when a book surprises you. Such was the case for me and A. Manette Ansay’s Blue Water. I picked it up on a […] Read More
For those who have not read The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Half Broke Horses (called a true-life novel) is a good read about a true […] Read More
Abraham Vergehese’s Cutting for Stone is an early contender for my best read of 2010. The story spans more than 50 years and is told […] Read More
For me Deborah Noyes’ Captivity was one of those books that as soon as I heard about it, I had to read it. Ghosts, sisters, […] Read More
I don’t think I’ve ever had such wide mood swings with a novel. When I first started listening to Kristin Hannah’s Firefly Lane I didn’t […] Read More