| Book Reviews
I love books! You know this the moment you walk in my door: there are bookshelves in every room, and stacks on the table, the nightstand, the floor in the bathroom. I am never without a book, and I plow through a fair number in a year. So pull up a comfortable chair. I have a book for you.
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By the Rivers of Brooklyn by Trudy J. Morgan-Cole is an enchanting historical fiction that follows the lives of six women through most of the Twentieth Century as they travel from Newfoundland to Brooklyn and back. It deals with the magic of home: having a place where when you have go there, they have to take you in. Read More
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Virginia Kate returns home to the mountains of West Virginia to bury the alcoholic mother who she hasn’t seen for several decades. These are characters I want to be, though I know I’d never survive it. Real enough to clamber off the page and take up uncomfortable residence under my skin. Read More
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The story is based on a fascinating historical incident: in 1986, when the new owners of the Panama Hotel opened it, they found the basement filled with the belongings of Japanese-Americans who’d been interned in camps during World War II. It was an unintended time capsule. Read More |
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This fabulous ghost story is The House on Tradd Street, the latest offering by Karen White, and it can sit with the best of romantic, suspense and/or paranormal fiction. It’s a perfect book for indulgent reading. It’s smart, funny, fast-paced. The kind of book you whiz through, wishing you could slow down to make it last, but you can’t. Read More |
Reading No One You Know changed me. It changed the way I smell coffee. It changed the way I think about the stories we tell ourselves. It changed my view of math and Nicaragua and the quest to write bestselling fiction. Enchanting, bewitching, and exquisite. Read More |
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Emily Listfield’s new novel, Best Intentions, is so good, it just may kick off a new genre: women’s suspense. Listfield’s language is wonderful: clear and enthralling with moments of brilliance. This book worked for me on every level. Fast-paced enough to keep me from sleeping — and nearly from breathing — for the two days (and nights) I spent reading it. Read More
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Sit down. Make sure your seatbelt is fastened correctly. Keep your hands inside the car at all times. And hang on! Because Something About Her by Jeannie Ruesch is a carnival ride during which you might forget to breathe. It was a great ride, and I’ll willingly step through any door Ruesch opens in the future. Read More
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The Lost Hours, by Karen White, is a complex story about intergenerational relationships and the damage keeping secrets can do. Karen has an exquisite sense of place, and setting becomes almost as important as plot in her books. Read More
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This could have been a compelling story. It could have been healing for many women who have dealt with similar abuse in the past, and for others raised in the Mormon church who are looking for answers elsewhere. But whatever credibility she had with me, she lost by the end of Chapter 2. Read More |
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On My Nightstand:
These are the books I plan to review next.
Book Review Archives
By now you've gotten a taste of my reviews and what I'm reading currently, but are you hungry for more? My archives have an extensive list of all of my reviews, listed by title and author. Pay particular attention to the recommended.
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