Book lover, collector, and reviewer
March was great for me professionally — loved my first month at my new job — but I didn’t get as many books read as I hoped. But, the ones I read were very good. This month, my favorite book was The Dream Daughter — a beautiful story about what a mother will do to save … Read More “March Book Roundup” »
I’m torn by this book. I liked most of the story itself, but I’m uncomfortable with the author writing from the perspective of a child with autism when she doesn’t have autism and doesn’t personally know anyone with autism, outside of those she said she interviewed to write this book. This, of course, begs bigger questions about writing, but I don’t want to go too deep into that here. So, I find myself in the … Read More “Bring Him Home by Nicole Trope” »
What would you do to save your child? The answer, always, is anything. This book was magical and sad and beautiful, and full of love, and I just wish these characters were real. Oh, and did I mention, there’s also time travel? Carly Sears just lost her husband in Vietnam, and now she’s found out that their unborn daughter has a terminal heart defect, and it almost breaks her. But, then, her kind but somewhat … Read More “The Dream Daughter by Diane Chamberlain” »
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I picked up this book, but I really enjoyed reading it, and I wish I didn’t have to let go of these characters at the end. After her mother’s funeral, Jess returns to her mother’s — now her — home, accompanied by her cousin’s adult son, Michael. Reeling from the grief of losing her mother whom she had been caregiver to for many years and unsure what to … Read More “Maybe One Day by Debbie Johnson” »
I’m not sure what I just read, but I’m not sorry I read it. It was definitely strange reading about someone living through other historical pandemics while living through one in our own time, but I think that made it even better. Cora lives all alone on the abandoned North Brother Island, within view of Rikers Island, in rotting buildings that were part of the now abandoned Riverside Hospital, which historically held people with a … Read More “The Vines by Shelley Nolden” »