Love at the Speed of Email, book review
I first heard of Lisa McKay and her book Love at the Speed of Email on Novel Rocket, where she wrote about why she chose to self-publish this memoir. In case you missed it, you […]
Read Post
Get new blog posts sent directly to your email inbox!
Fifteen, book review
I recently treated myself to several lovely hours inside a time capsule as I re-read a teen-hood fave: Fifteen by Beverly Cleary. Though first published in 1956 and written as a contemporary young love romance, human […]
Read Post
Barefoot, book review
No summer of mine would be complete without an Elin Hilderbrand novel, and this year’s choice was Barefoot (2007). Hilderbrand women’s fiction, set in her trademark Nantucket, faithfully delivers a quintessential beach read, whether I make it […]
Read Post
The Language of Flowers, book review
Always on the lookout for an intriguing new voice in Women’s Fiction, I recently read The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, the She Reads pick of the month for January 2012. The Language of Flowers introduces […]
Read Post
Home Safe, book review
Reading a new Elizabeth Berg novel always feels to me like returning to a favorite friend—a wise, warm and witty one. In Home Safe we find the story of Helen Ames following the sudden death […]
Read Post
White Picket Fences, book review
No family is perfect, no matter how it appears, and a picket fence can conceal more about what goes on inside a home than it reveals. This premise forms the basis for Susan Meissner’s latest […]
Read Post
My Foolish Heart, book review
Normally, I don’t do romance novels. While I believe that any story is made better with a dash of romance, mainlining the stuff’s not my bag. Which means I had some ambivalence when I picked […]
Read Post
A Month of Summer, book review
For my taste, Lisa Wingate novels are hit and miss. While I admire this Christian novelist for her ability to cross over into the mainstream market, I find some of her novels anemic–the characters familiar, the […]
Read Post
The Help, book review
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Maybe you’ve read it. Me, I’m on the tail end of the wave. When The Help first hit the scene, […]
Read Post
My Soul to Keep, book review
I waited years to hear more from Melanie Wells and was thrilled to finally spot her latest on Amazon. In My Soul to Keep, the third of The Dylan Foster series, psychology professor Dylan Foster’s […]
Read Post