The Housekeeper and the Professor (Book Review)
I found this excellently written short novel original, elegant, and charming.
Books
A Dress of Violet Taffeta (Book Review)
I liked this historical fiction about a woman who started her own fashion line and lived life on her own terms.
Mirror Work (Book Review with Quotes and Affirmations)
If you actually do what she says here you will have some epiphanies and will make progress in your life and in your relationship with yourself.
Steel Crow Saga (Book Review)
The book particularly follows four different characters, each from a different affected country in an imagined post colonial world, including the ruling, victorious one.
The Violin Conspiracy (Book Review)
I highly recommend this interesting, unique read; it is so satisfying to watch the unfolding success of someone overcoming being underrepresented in a field.
The Way of Integrity (Book Review)
If you are suffering at all– what Dante calls the dark woods of error– you are out of alignment with your integrity, and may well benefit from reading this.
Fresh Water for Flowers (Book Review)
This book is one of the most unique novels I’ve read in a long time. It is about a cemetery caretaker, who interacts with gravediggers and undertakers.
Black Cake (Book Review)
I recommend reading this when you are in the mood for a thoughtful story a woman overcoming her obstacles.
Thoreau and the Art of Life (Book review with Quotes)
A lovely, slow book on nature with musings about existence, all beautifully illustrated.
About Time (Book Review)
This book about the history of time was both interesting and thought provoking.
The Ultimate Compendium of Card Games (Book Review)
I thought you might want to know this wonderful book, either for family, or for a gift for a card-loving family member or friend.
The Grand Sophy (Book Review)
This novel has more going for it – great writing, fabulous vocabulary, terrific repartee, endearing characters– than most chick-lit.
Completion Reading Challenge for 2022 (with Links to Reviews)
I read 66 books this year and had about ten favorites. How about you?
Small Things Like These (Book Review)
This short, wonderful read takes place over a couple days before Christmas, but is not a usual Christmas story.
Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down (Book Review with Quotes)
This is not religious content, as much as common sense, distilled down to its essence.
Picasso’s War (Book Review)
This is a remarkable book describing in detail how two men in succession championed the coming of abstract art to America.