Category Archives: book reviews
Book review: ‘Unfamiliar Fishes’ by Sarah Vowell
In my quest to add more non-fiction to my reading diet, I sometimes pick up a book that feels slight “out of character” for me — like this one, Unfamiliar Fishes, by an author who seems to appear often in … Continue reading
Filed under 3-star reads, book reviews
Book review: ‘Girl Unmoored’ by Jennifer Gooch Hummer
Sometimes a novel hops into your lap, looks into your weary eyes and wraps its little paper arms around you. The hug from this book feels so real, so good that you never want to part with it — and … Continue reading
Filed under 5-star reads, book reviews
Book review: ‘The Singles’ by Meredith Goldstein
Bee Evans is determined that all who attend her lavish Annapolis wedding will have a great time — and that means allowing every guest to have a “plus one.” Former college friends, acquaintances and current best buddies are all encouraged … Continue reading
Filed under 3-star reads, book reviews
Book review: ‘All The Flowers In Shanghai’ by Duncan Jepson
Seventeen-year-old Xiao Feng is more interested in walking through gardens with her grandfather than blushing around boys in 1930s Shanghai, but life changes suddenly with an unexpected death — and a new deal brokered with an influential Chinese family. Married … Continue reading
Filed under 4-star reads, book reviews
Book review: ‘Another Piece Of My Heart’ by Jane Green
Ugh, this book. This book in which I actively disliked almost every character. This book in which the person I most related to was a raging alcoholic. This book in which any ounce of sympathy I felt was erased by … Continue reading
Filed under 2-star reads, book reviews
Book review: ‘Gossip’ by Beth Gutcheon
Friendship, tragedy, secrets and affairs — all themes that might easily be dismissed by those who scoff at “women’s fiction.” But there’s far more than tawdry circumstances to Beth Gutcheon’s clever, fast-paced and shocking novel — and I couldn’t put … Continue reading
Filed under 4-star reads, book reviews
