Short reviews of Robopocalypse, The Twelve, The Graveyard Book, The Journal of Best Practices, and Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake.
Read more →A review of Lisa Genova's new novel, Love Anthony, which deals with what it is like to be autistic and parent an autistic child.
Read more →Reviews of Graceling, Divergent and A Friend of the Family.
Read more →A review of the audio book version of Neil Gaiman's American Gods (The Tenth Anniversary Edition).
Read more →A review of Lisa Genova's novel Left Neglected.
Read more →A review of Susan Jane Gilman's utterly absorbing and fascinating travel memoir, Undress Me In the Temple of Heaven. I LOVED it!
Read more →Mini reviews of Attachment by Rainbow Rowell, The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore, and V Is For Vengeance by Sue Grafton.
Read more →A review of the fourth book I read for the RIP Challenge, The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff.
Read more →Three mini book reviews of The Happiness Project, What the Dog Saw and Born Standing Up
Read more →My review of Lisa Gardner's latest mystery/thriller, "Love You More," which I found lacking.
Read more →Book reviews of "Complications" by Atul Gawande, "Strangers at the Feast" by Jennifer Vanderbes, and "Backseat Saints" by Joshilyn Jackson
Read more →A review of the genre mash-up book Pride and Predjudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith.
Read more →A review of a collection of non-fiction essays, The New Kings of Non-Fiction, edited by Ira Glass.
Read more →A review of Emily Giffin's book, Heart of the Matter.
Read more →A review of Lisa Gardner's Live To Tell.
Read more →If the Church Were Christian Phillip GulleyHarperOne, 2010191 pagesGenre: Non-Fiction, SpiritualityMy rating: 3.5 stars Book Overview Philip Gulley is a long-time Quaker minister who has written several books on Christian faith, including If Grace Were True and If God Is Love. In other words, this book is written by someone who has been involved...
Read more →A review of Lisa Genova's excellent and moving novel about Alzheimer's, Still Alice.
Read more →A meme concept by That’s A Novel Idea 1 Book you read and/or reviewed: U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton 2 Words that describe the book: Millhone mystery3 Settings where it took place or characters you met: Setting: In and around Santa Teresa, California, 1988 Kinsey Millhone—my favorite Quarter Pounder loving private eye...
Read more →Hosted by That’s A Novel Idea 1 Book you read and/or reviewed: The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner 2 Words that describe the book: Mystery, thriller 3 Settings where it took place or characters you met: Setting: Boston, MA, modern times Detective D.D. Warren—tough woman detective assigned to find out what happened to Sandra Jones,...
Read more →Hosted by That’s A Novel Idea 1 Book you read and/or reviewed this week: Marley & Me by John Grogan 2 Words that describe the book: Dog love 3 Settings where it took place or characters you met: 1. Setting: Early 1990s-2000s, Florida and Pennsylvania 2. Marley—a male Labrador retriever affectionately called “the world’s...
Read more →Title: Silverstein & Me Author: Marv GoldISBN: 978-1-59709-151-0Publishing Info: Red Hen Press, 2009Number of Pages: 190Book Category: Memoir Book Overview Shel Silverstein was many things—a children’s author, a Playboy cartoonist, a songwriter, and a playwright. (He is the author of one of my all-time favorite books, The Giving Tree.) One thing he was not:...
Read more →Title: A Lifetime Burning Author: Linda GillardISBN: 1-905175-25-6Publishing Info: Transita, 2006Number of Pages: 407Book Category: Fiction Story Overview The book opens at the funeral of Flora Dunbar—our narrator and the one who has spent her lifetime burning. (And, perhaps, her afterlife burning, depending on what you believe.) Although Flora has struggled to be good...
Read more →Title: Water For Elephants Author: Sara GruenISBN: 978-1-56512-560-5Publishing Info: Algonquin Books, 2006Number of Pages: 331Book Category: Fiction Story Overview Jacob Jankowski is 90— or possibly 93. He’s not really sure. When you’re five, you know your age down to the month. Even in your twenties you know how old you are. I’m twenty-three, you...
Read more →A review of John Green's YA book, Looking for Alaska.
Read more →Title: The Lost City of Z Author: David GrannISBN: 978-0-385-51353-1Publishing Info: Doubleday, February 2009Book Specs: 299 pagesBook Category: Non-Fiction Book Overview The Lost City of Z combines true-life adventure, history, biography and travel narrative in one book. The book chronicles journalist David Grann’s investigation into the mystery of what happened to British explorer Percy...
Read more →A review of a collection of funny stories about getting fired called (oddly enough) FIred!
Read more →Thoughts on Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy.
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