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I read this book today, sitting on a beach at the lake. While my setting lacked the salt air and the seashells, the waves were still crashing down loudly while I read. This is a collection of essays or short memoirs written by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, wife of Charles Lindbergh. Each chapter is given the … Read More “Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh” »
As a suspenseful thriller — which is how this book is being advertised — it’s a letdown. There was no suspense, no mystery, and it was slow. However, if it had been marketed as fiction or literary fiction, I probably would have liked it more. Pax, a wannabe actor, is rushing to a meeting for … Read More “The Lies I Never Told You by Valérie Tong Cuong” »
I’ve read a number of Alison Weir’s books (nonfiction and historical fiction,) and while I didn’t like this one as much as her previous ones in this series, it was still an enjoyable read. Katheryn Howard is just 19 when she becomes Henry VIII’s fifth wife, fated to be beheaded by the age of 21. … Read More “Katheryn Howard, the Scandalous Queen by Allilson Weir” »
What a fun piece of British chick lit! Nina is a soon-to-be-out-of-work librarian who takes the plunge, leaves city life behind for Scotland, and opens her own traveling bookstore in a big van that she can barely handle driving. And, of course, there are love interests and a best friend and other people who she helps … Read More “The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan” »
The Girl Who Came Home is a book about the Titanic’s voyage, inspired by the true story of the Addergoole 14. Maggie is a 17-year-old Irish orphan who is leaving her sweetheart behind to sail to the United States with her Aunt Kathleen and a dozen other friends from her small town to start a … Read More “The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor” »