Short reviews of A Grown Up Kind of Pretty, Let's Pretend This Never Happened, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, How To Be A Woman, and The Casual Vacancy.
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Book reviews: Devil in The White City; After The Quake; Gang Leader for A Day; Dear American Airlines; and Heft.
Read more →A review of John Ajvide Lindqvist's vampire horror book Let Me In.
Read more →A review of Lisa Lutz's fifth book in the Spellman series, Trail of the Spellmans.
Read more →Super Mini Reviews of five books: Earth: The Book, A Northern Light, Revolutionary Road, The Namesake and The Slap.
Read more →A review of Anne Lamott's Some Assembly Required: A Journal Of My Son's First Son
Read more →Mini reviews of The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz, Red Hook Road by Ayelet Waldman and Origin by Diana Abu-Jaber.
Read more →A review of the audiobook version of Jen Lancaster's memoir, My Fair Lazy.
Read more →A review of The CHICK-tionary by Anna Lefler.
Read more →A review of Laura Lippman's most recent novel, The Most Dangerous Thing. I think she stumbles with this one.
Read more →A review of the excellent YA dystopian book The Giver by Lois Lowry.
Read more →A book review of "Heads You Lose" by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward, a collaborative comedic murder mystery that has been described as "Weeds crossed with Adaptation." I adored it.
Read more →A review of Laura Lippman's book, "I'd Know You Anywhere," which I listened to on audio. I found it a compelling bit of psychological suspense.
Read more →A review of "Superfreakonomics" by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. This accessible and fascinating book looks at a variety of topics from an economic viewpoint, including monkey prostitution.
Read more →A review of Laura Lippman's What the Dead Know.
Read more →A review of Jen Lancaster's weight loss memoir, Such A Pretty Fat.
Read more →A review of The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Steig Larsson. (Includes a summary of the previous two books.)
Read more →A meme concept by That’s A Novel Idea 1 Book you read: “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri 2 Words that describe the book: Short story heaven 3 Settings where it took place or characters you met: This is a collection of short stories by the writer I consider to be the master of...
Read more →The Girl With the Dragon TattooThe Girl Who Played With FireSteig LarssonKnopf, 2008 and 2009Genre: FictionMy rating: 4 stars for both Here is the description for the Become A Character part of the Take Another Chance Challenge: For this challenge, you can read any book you want. However, you have to write about the...
Read more →Bright Lights, Big AssJen LancasterNew American Library, 2007Memoir, HumorISBN: 978-0-451-22125-4382 pages This is my second Jen Lancaster book, and I enjoyed it even more than the first one (Bitter Is the New Black). A rollicking memoir by a very funny but bitchy lady, Bright Lights, Big Ass is a bit more free-wheeling than her...
Read more →A book review of Jhumpa Lahiri's collection of short stories, Unaccustomed Earth. A revelation to me about what could be done in a short story.
Read more →Hosted by That’s A Novel Idea 1 Book you read and/or reviewed: I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb 2 Words that describe the book: Twinness and identity 3 Settings where it took place or characters you met: Setting: Three Rivers, Connecticut, modern times Dominick Birdsey—the narrator and 40-year-old house painter with...
Read more →My Favorite Reads is hosted by Alyce at At Home With Books. The idea is to write about some favorite books that you read before you started blogging! Today I want to tell you about Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Steven J. Dubner The...
Read more →Title: Bitter Is The New Black Author: Jen LancasterISBN: 0-451-21760-8Publishing Info: New American Library, March 2006Number of Pages: 398Book Category: Memoir, Humor, Non-Fiction Book Overview I usually don’t like to use the blurbs on the back of the book to do my story overviews, but the one on this book is just too good...
Read more →A bit about the lovely book that I think every woman should read: A Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
Read more →Title: Best IntentionsAuthor: Emily ListfieldISBN: 978-1-4165-7671-6 Publishing Info: Atria Books, May 2009Book Specs: 304 pagesBook Category: Fiction, Mystery Story Overview On the surface, Lisa Barkley seems to have it all — a husband who was her college sweetheart, two lovely daughters, a high-powered PR job, a residence in Manhattan, and a best friend she’s...
Read more →A book review of Artie Lange's memoir, Too Fat To Fish. I wasn't a fan.
Read more →Title: The Hour I First BelievedAuthor: Wally LambISBN: 978-0060393496Published By: Harper, November 11, 2008Book Specs: 752 pages (I read the Kindle edition!)Book Category: Fiction Story Overview This is the story of Caelum Quirk — a middle-aged teacher who is trying to come to terms with his present, his past and his troubled marriage. Married...
Read more →A collection of short reviews for Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris, Wallflower At the Orgy by Nora Ephron, The Sister by Poppy Adams, Obedience by Will Lavender, and Memoirs of A Beautiful Boy by Robert Leleux.
Read more →A review of The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing.
Read more →Some books on writing that I think are worthwhile.
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