Friday, March 03, 2017

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

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Intrigued by the opening credits to the new HBO series Big Little Lies that I saw while waiting to watch another HBO show, I decided t...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

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I am a huge Olive Kitteridge fan, so I assumed I must be a huge Elizabeth Strout fan.  Unfortunately, My Name is Lucy Barton was a disap...
Thursday, February 09, 2017

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney

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Looking to stroll through New York City on New Year's Eve with a fashionable and fearless old lady?  Lillian Boxfish is your gal and ...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

The Flood Girls by Richard Fifield

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I was gifted this book for Christmas, but it was the paperback Target Club Pick edition with a cool looking trailer on the cover.  The be...
Sunday, January 01, 2017

Nutshell by Ian McEwan

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Even though we have basically sworn off getting books for each other, this book was a very welcome Christmas gift from David.   I have be...
Friday, December 23, 2016

Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer

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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Commonwealth by Anne Pachett

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Thursday, September 01, 2016

The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

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Saturday, August 27, 2016

The Girls by Emma Cline

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I have been so negligent about writing book reviews lately but this one needs to be done immediately.  I finished reading Emma Cline’s Th...
Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal

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All of my favorite things - smart characters, descriptions of exotic dishes, recipes, menus - come together in Kitchens of the Great Midw...
Friday, September 04, 2015

The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty by Vendela Vida

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This slim little novel is so fast paced, I almost finished it in a day.  Told entirely in second person, Vida's narrator has her lapt...
Friday, August 28, 2015

The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George

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What a sweet little story, perfect for any bibliophile with an interest in romance.  Monsieur Perdu calls his floating bookstore barge a...
Saturday, August 15, 2015

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

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How I loved Ove.  He is as grumpy and grouchy as they come - I pictured Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt.  His wife Sonja, who friends were a...
Sunday, June 21, 2015

Language Arts by Stephanie Kallos

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How does an English teacher avoid a novel titled Language Arts?  I certainly could not, especially since I have been big fan of Stephanie...
Monday, June 01, 2015

Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper

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Eighty-three year old Etta is full of life, but she has never seen the ocean!  So she decides to walk some 3,000 kilometers from Saskat...
Saturday, May 23, 2015

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

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I don’t want to give too much away, but the moment I finished reading All the Bright Places by  Jennifer Niven ,  I posted a quick messag...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

God Help the Child by Toni Morrison

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I cannot - ever - bash Toni Morrison, so I will not review this one.  My opinions of her greatness remain based on her greats - Song of S...
Sunday, March 15, 2015

Mosquitoland by David Arnold

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Immediately, this book had three things going for it – a great first sentence, the fact that it is a road trip narrative, and that Greyho...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

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The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins rose to #1 on the New York Times Bestsellers List last week, and I finished reading it just in tim...
Sunday, February 15, 2015

The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion

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I loved The Rosie Project   and I can't wait for the movie.   I love Don Tillman and his hilarious wife, Rosie, so I knew I would live...
Sunday, February 01, 2015

Us by David Nicholls

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I really enjoyed One Day by David Nicholls and had read enough pre-publication hype about Us to convince myself that I would love it t...
Sunday, January 18, 2015

The First Bad Man by Miranda July

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I love Miranda July.  I hate Miranda July.  I was totally amused by her collection It Chooses You  a few years back.  I was drawn to her ...
Sunday, January 04, 2015

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

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I love to pick a book to read by the light the Christmas tree on my iPad during the holidays, and this year I was intrigued by all of the...
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

The Story Hour by Thrity Umrigar

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Just before Christmas, I was having a nostalgic craving for a good old-fashioned Christmas shopping experience at a local book store.  Pr...
Friday, November 07, 2014

counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

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A full page add for counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan in the Sunday New York Times Book Review a few weeks back intrigued me eno...