How Hard Can It Be? by Allison Pearson One of my favorite novels of 2003 and maybe the entire decade was I Don’t Know How She Does It featuring working mom Kate Reddy who battles sexism and sleep deprivation while climbing the corporate ladder at a London hedge fund. Flash forward seven years, ... [Continue Reading]
Home Sales May 2018
HOME SALES May 2018 It has been a busy Spring in Nashville as home prices continue to rise. The average closing price year-to-date increased by almost 9% in Davidson County from this time last year. The supply of homes listed for under $500,000 remains limited. Single Family Home (SFH) Sales ... [Continue Reading]
Carousel and Once On This Island
Carousel LOVED it! Brilliant casting and astonishing choreography by New York City Ballet’s Justin Peck make this a dream revival of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic. Once on This Island An energetic, colorful musical was just the right ticket for a snowy day in NYC! Hailey Kilgore is ... [Continue Reading]
The Band’s Visit and Three Tall Women
The Band’s Visit This new musical is based on the 2007 Israeli movie of the same name in which en route to a performance, the eight members of the Alexandria (Egypt) Ceremonial Police Orchestra are inadvertently diverted to a small Israeli town in the Negev Desert. Fish out of water awkwardness ... [Continue Reading]
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
I’ve been looking for a juicy fiction read and finally found it! Set in 1893, The Essex Serpent is a Dickens-esque story of recently widowed Cora Seaborne who leaves London for the wilds of Essex in search of fossils and freedom. What she finds is family, friendship, and a mythical beast. The ... [Continue Reading]
Red Notice by Bill Browder
Red Notice, A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice by Bill Browder Bill Browder, a mild-mannered financier working in Russia, gets on the wrong side of the Putin government, and soon he and his plucky team are in a race for their lives in a virtually lawless ... [Continue Reading]
The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes
The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes With Mitford mania in perpetual bloom, it was only a matter of time before some enterprising author wrote a mystery series featuring the Mitford sisters. And not surprisingly that someone is Jessica Fellowes, author of five companion books to the Downton ... [Continue Reading]
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter by Margareta Magnusson What a ghastly title! Only for you dear readers would I read this one since I know many of you are managing the downsizing of a relative’s home or your own. The ... [Continue Reading]
Killers ofthe Flower Moon by David Grann
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann Of all the famous gangsters of the 1920s, the men behind the murders of more than two dozen Osage Indians in Oklahoma are certainly the least well known, although arguably the most despicable. In his new book, ... [Continue Reading]
Home Sales Nashville February 2018
HOME SALES February 2018 Single Family Home (SFH) Sales Davidson County February 2018 In Davidson County, there were 640 home closings in February, versus 670 closings reported for the same period last year. The average sales price increased to $367,844 from $333,016. SFH Sales Williamson ... [Continue Reading]