I’ve been an Ann Patchett fan since I read Bel Canto years ago and have read nearly everything she’s written–fiction … Continue reading Book Report: A happy marriage between fact and fiction, between work and life
Having just finished This Tender Land with its compelling, at times breathless, life-and-death narrative, reading Anne Tyler’s Redhead by the … Continue reading Book Report: His error was expecting perfection
Odie is a twelve-year-old storyteller and orphan looking for a home. As the reminiscent and therefore omniscient narrator of This … Continue reading Book Report: Looking for a home
Nine Perfect Strangers Confession: I’m a huge fan of Liane Moriarty’s work and have read almost everything she’s written. Her … Continue reading Book Report: What’s up with Masha?
Having just spent time in China while reading The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane with its themes of family ties … Continue reading Book Report: Why people leave
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane Lisa See has done it again. I’ve enjoyed all her books, but this one … Continue reading Book Report: No coincidence, no story
Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting Edited by Ann Hood I picked up this little book because some of my favorite … Continue reading Book Report: Knitting Lessons
Born a Crime had been on my TBR pile for a long time. But when I finally started reading it, … Continue reading Book Report: The power of language
Congratulations to Ruth Hogan on producing a charming debut novel, The Keeper of Lost Things. This is one of those … Continue reading Book Report: Finding connections through lost things
Recently, I experimented with the cool keyword search feature on Amazon using words like those I might tag onto my … Continue reading Book Report: Coming home to Vegas, baby
