[simpleazon-image align="left" asin="0670026611" locale="us" height="160" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xxZ6EsIhL._SL160_.jpg" width="106"][simpleazon-link asin="0670026611" locale="us"]The Girl You Left Behind[/simpleazon-link] by Jojo Moyes My rating: 5 of 5 stars I became so caught up in the storytelling and so invested in the characters that I barely … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
Book Review: Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War by Sebastian Faulks
[simpleazon-image align="left" asin="0679776818" locale="us" height="160" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51lkSckd0gL._SL160_.jpg" width="104"][simpleazon-link asin="0679776818" locale="us"]Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War[/simpleazon-link] by Sebastian Faulks My rating: 4 of 5 stars Birdsong was passionate and yet dispassionate, graphic yet cold, unflinching yet … [Read more...] about Book Review: Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War by Sebastian Faulks
Spotlight on: the Amish
My rating: 3 of 5 stars Courting Cate is a charming story that I read in one sitting because I was keen to reach the inevitable happy ending. The writer attempts to marry Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew with an Amish romance. While it is a clever idea, it doesn't quite work. I liked this Cate all along, and I never saw her as an unlovable shrew. She erroneously saw herself … [Read more...] about Spotlight on: the Amish
Book Review: The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
[simpleazon-image align="left" asin="0812982940" locale="us" height="160" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5146tCtUipL._SL160_.jpg" width="104"][simpleazon-link asin="0812982940" locale="us"]The Age of Miracles: A Novel[/simpleazon-link] by Karen Thompson Walker My rating: 5 of 5 stars WOW!! What a thought-provoking book! The premise was unique and well-executed. … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
Book Review: Tiger’s Curse Saga by Colleen Houck
[simpleazon-image align="left" asin="1454903597" locale="us" height="160" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HBeng3TtL._SL160_.jpg" width="126"] If one were to judge these books by the covers alone, they would be 5 stars across the board. As it was they were still worthy of four stars overall. The mere fact that I read the entire series through in its entirety says a … [Read more...] about Book Review: Tiger’s Curse Saga by Colleen Houck