The Most Fun We Ever Had (Book Review)
This slow family saga is character driven and full of the everyday messiness of life.
4 Star books
The Golden Wolf Saga (Book Reviews)
Good enough to read 1350 pages, this historical fiction of the unification of Norway, is epic in many ways.
Half Drowned King (Book Review)
It was a special pleasure to read well done historical fiction of such a different time period. I give this one four stars.
The Dutch House (Book Review)
If you are going to read this melancholy new novel by Ann Patchett, I suggest listening to it on audio instead.
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness (Book Review)
This book is well written about a challenging family in the African bush.
The Hare with Amber Eyes (Book Review)
If you are interested in history, this book is a great way to get a grand swath of it, about 150 years worth, all linked together by these tiny objects of art.
Book of Joy (Book Review)
Here you get to sit in on a conversation of two world spiritual leaders and hear their advice for a joyful future.
City Bakers Guide to Country Living (Book Review)
This is breezy fiction at its best– warm, home-affirming, and full of the transformative power of love.
The Dearly Beloved (Book Review)
This debut novel is a good character study and a interesting vehicle to discuss some issues around church life and the tenuous nature of individual faith.
Marriage of Opposites (Book Review)
I enjoyed this factual, excellently written, historical fiction about famous impressionist Camille Pissarro and his background, set mostly on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.
Wolfpack (Book Review)
This is a strong, little book for women about taking back their power. I agree with what she says.
The War of Art and Do the Work (Book Reviews with Quotes)
Want to examine and overcome resistance? Read the one on the left and not the one on the right.
City of Girls (Book Review)
This book is a bit of a moral curveball; some of you will like it, others may not.
Beka Copper and Alanna Series By Tamora Pierce (Review)
These engaging books are great for their invincibly strong female characters, and the fascinatingly thorough world building the author has done.
Save Me the Plums (Book Review with Recipes)
If you are interested in the food industry, or in publishing, or in memoirs about working lives rather then personal ones, you might want to pick this one up.
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance (Book Review)
Want an escape read for this summer that is neither banal, predictable, or mindless? This one could do quite nicely, as it did for me.