We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler A few months ago, I said I would get back to you regarding the novel We Are All Completely Beside […]
Still Life with Bread Crumbs
Still Life With Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen I have been a fan of Anna Quindlen’s work for years. I was an avid reader of her Pulitzer Prize winning column […]
The Novels of Barbara Pym
The Novels of Barbara Pym 2013 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of my favorite British authors Barbara Pym. So by way of celebration, I reread a […]
The Three Weissmanns of Westport
The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine Betty Weissmann lives with her two middle-aged daughters. Or rather mother and daughters are living together again—after 20+ years. This unnatural situation […]
The Priory
The Priory by Dorothy Whipple For Jane Austen fans! Although not as subtle as dear Jane’s works, The Priory, published in 1939, will appeal to many Austen fans. Christine and […]
The Burgess Boys
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout I loved this book, which is surprising since I couldn’t finish Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Olive Kitteridge. Partially set in gloomy as ever Maine, […]
Calling Invisible Women
Calling Invisible Women by Jeanne Ray One morning former journalist and unenthusiastic gardening columnist Clover Hobart finds herself inexplicably invisible. Not just unnoticed, a state familiar to all females over […]
Seating Arrangements
Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead There is no such thing as a wedding without its share of minor or major catastrophes. Winn Van Meter’s daughter’s wedding has both. In this […]
The Priory
The Priory by Dorothy Whipple For Jane Austen fans! Although not as subtle as dear Jane’s works, The Priory, published in 1939, will appeal to many Austen fans. Christine and […]
Someone at a Distance
Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple The best birthday gift, a box of books! This pretty box of books is from U.K. based Persephone Books. If you are not […]
Pachinko
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee I loved this sprawling saga about a Korean family living in Japan. If you are looking for an engrossing read, this is it. Living a […]
Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House
Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House by Meghan Daum Who can resist this title? Haven’t we all felt this way at one time or another? And […]
How Hard Can It Be?
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 […]
Heartburn
Heartburn by Nora Ephron If you haven’t read Ephron’s hysterical first novel, a thinly disguised account of her marriage and subsequent divorce from the Washington Post journalist Carl Bernstein, I […]
Free Food for Millionaires
Free Food For Millionaires by Min Jin Lee How do you select a good read? Recommendations from friends and book reviews are two popular sources. But sometimes nothing beats a […]