Short reviews of State of Wonder, Take the Cannoli, The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Wild, State by State and Savages.
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A collection of short book reviews, including: When Will There Be Good News; Started Early, Took My Dog; The Man Who Mistook His Wife for A Hat; Girl In Translation; Curtains; and Game Change.
Read more →Super mini reviews of Olive Kitteridge, Drop Dead Healthy, Steve Jobs, Fun Home and Perfection.
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 Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life From Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed.
Read more →A review of Flawless by Scott Andrew Selby and Greg Campbell.
Read more →A review of the audiobook version of Lionel Shriver's So Much For That. I wasn't the biggest fan.
Read more →Mini book reviews of The Fox Inheritance, Faking Smart! and When You Reach Me.
Read more →A book review of Chevy Steven's second thriller, Never Knowing, which is being released on July 5.
Read more →Three mini book reviews of The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray (Walter Mosley), Strange But True (John Searles) and The Virgin of Small Plains (Nancy Pickard).
Read more →Reviews of Packing for Mars by Mary Roach, How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown, Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.
Read more →A book review of Darin Strauss's powerful memoir, Half A Life.
Read more →A review of Rob Sheffield's book "Love Is A Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song At A Time."
Read more →Book reviews of "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett, "Fool" by Christopher Moore and "The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole, 1999-2001 by Sue Townsend
Read more →A review of Still Missing by Chevy Stevens--an edge-of-your-seat thriller.
Read more →A review of Of Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan, an involving domestic drama with magical elements.
Read more →A book review of an amazingly funny but terrifically raunchy memoir by Rachel Shukert called "Everything Is Going To Be Great."
Read more →A book review of Scott Sigler's sci-fi thriller "Infected," which I found to be fast-paced but very gross and light on characterization.
Read more →A review of Garth Stein's book "The Art of Racing In The Rain."
Read more →Four mini book reviews of An American Family by Pam Spaulding, About Alice by Calvin Trillin, Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris, Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need by Dave Barry, and Being Perfect by Anna Quindlen.
Read more →The Survivors Club Ben SherwoodGrand Central Publishing, 2009ISBN: 978-0-446-69885-6373 pagesNon-fictionMy rating: 3.5 stars Book Overview The subtitle of the book, “The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life,” pretty much sums up what this book is about—learning about what it takes to survive and determining what type of survivor you might be. The...
Read more →A review of Lisa See's wonderful book, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.
Read more →Raven Stole the Moon Garth SteinHarper, 2010ISBN: 978-0-06-180638-4Genre: FictionMy rating: 3 stars Story Overview On the surface, Jenna Rosen has it all: a husband who loves her, a comfortable life in Seattle, and good looks. But Jenna is troubled; it shows in her excessive drinking, Valium addiction, depression and the increasing discord in her...
Read more →The Impostor’s DaughterLaurie SandellLittle, Brown and Company, 2009ISBN: 978-0-316-03305-3246 pagesGenre: Memoir, Graphic NovelMy Rating: 3.5 stars The Basic Story The book is a memoir of the author’s struggles to understand her father, who lied about almost everything in his life and screwed a lot of friends and family members. As a result, the author...
Read more →A meme concept by That’s A Novel Idea 1 Book you read: Q&A by Vikas Swarup 2 Words that describe the book: Fractured lifestory3 Settings where it took place or characters you met: Setting: In and about Mumbai, India, Modern day Ram Mohammad Thomas—an uneducated waiter who has managed to answer all the questions...
Read more →A review of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrow written in epistolary format.
Read more →A bit about why you ought to love Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories and Other Disaster by Jean Shepard as much as I do.
Read more →My Favorite Reads is hosted byAlyce at At Home With Books.The idea is to write about some favorite booksthat you read before you started blogging! Today I want to tell you aboutA Simple Planby Scott Smith The Book Description Two brothers find $4 million in the cockpit of a downed plane. The pilot is...
Read more →I’ve seen that several people have already done the Poetic Review part of the Take A Chance Challenge, and the results have been so fun to read so I thought I would tackle this challenge now. So here is my review of Anita Shreve’s Testimony written as a haiku, limerick and in free verse. ...
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 Disappearance by Efrem Sigel.
Read more →A review of LIonel Shriver's book Double Fault.
Read more →Recommending some books that play with time.
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