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” »
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” »
This delightful book alternates between the present day (2018) and 1940. In 1940, Anna Dale, a young, naive artist from New Jersey, wins a contest to paint a large mural to represent Edenton, North Carolina. In 2018, Morgan Christopher, a young art student who is sitting in prison serving a 3-year sentence for a DUI that seriously injured someone else, is paroled so she can work on restoring that same mural. Morgan knows nothing about … Read More “Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain” »