This month in our REVIEWS section, I reviewed the latest offering from the fabulously funny Jennifer Weiner, Certain Girls . This novel is a mother-daughter story, that’s also a sequel to Weiner’s very first novel, Good in Bed.
In honor of Mother’s Day, and because the nice folks at Atria Books have made it possible, we […]
My beautiful daughter had read this book and passed it on to me. In this way I try authors that perhaps I wouldn’t have chosen in a bookshop or a library. Reading new authors is always exciting and this author is no different.
Simon Kernick’s book is very readable. The main character Tom Meron is likeable […]
I managed to get through my heavy bridesmaid duty years unscathed. My brides were very laid back, chose gowns that flattered my figure, and one of them even asked me not to plan a bridal shower because she found them annoying. I was lucky.
For those who aren’t or weren’t quite as fortunate as me, Liz […]
I’ve read a lot of business books over the years, but only a few make the cut as books I’d recommend to a colleague, friend, or family member. Here are some of my favorites:
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
There’s a saying that if you want something done, give it to […]
P.D. James is the Queen of Crime writers (in my modest opinion) and her Adam Dalgleish novels have been successfully televised for many years. She writes characters that are believable shades of grey and draws you in to understand the motive behind the latest murder.
Her most recent novel, “The Private Patient” is set in a […]
I thought it would be a fun change of pace to do a review as a comparison between a book and movie, as opposed to our regular book review format. Over my winter break, I watched my brother’s girlfriend with her head buried in a book. She was entranced with the novel, The Other Boleyn […]
Agatha is a fifty something woman, who is delightfully intolerant of everyone and has an eye for the men. She is a modern woman, who is aging disgracefully, but underneath it all she’s not a bad sort.
My dear husband knows my favourite authors and often buys me two or three books at Christmas. What better present can there be than a book by a favourite author? This book I received last year and I filed it in a bookcase and didn’t find it again until recently. An old skull turns up […]
If you’ve seen the movie 21, or read the book on which is was based, Drop, a young adult novel by Lisa Papademetriou, may seem a bit derivative. Or at least familiar. This is because it shares a core theme: young people making a killing gambling in Vegas, and trying not to get caught.
But the […]
Almost everyone has had the experience of someone or something saving them from impending disaster, whether it’s a gut feeling that we shouldn’t engage in a certain activity, a little voice telling us not to get on that plane/train/bus, or something less definable. When we avoid certain death or injury, we say that our guardian […]
I first came across the writer Andrew Gross when he co-authored with James Patterson the books 2nd Chance and 3rd Degree. They also co-authored the books Judge & Jury, Lifeguard and The Jester, which are books I have yet to read. The idea of writing a book with someone else intrigues me as it implies […]
In the week immediately preceding Halloween, and the two weeks sense, I’ve been on a serious reading kick, and as is usual for me, this means I start a series I’ve been meaning to check out, and I read as much of it as possible. One such series, has been The Southern Vampire Mysteries, […]
“Women outlive men, so there’s more of them, that’s why sometimes you simply need an extra man at the table. It maintains a good seating arrangement. Boy-girl, boy girl. I am an extra man,” says Henry Harrison one of the two main characters in Jonathan Ames’ novel, The Extra Man.
The Extra […]
Twenty five years after the mysterious disappearance of her mother, father and brother, Cynthia agrees to a television programme in the hope that she will finally find out what has happened to them. This action starts a fast moving chain of events and an intriguing plot. The story is told by Cynthia’s husband Terry.
Did Cynthia […]
In Tanita Davis’s debut novel, A La Carte we meet a feisty, funny young chef. Lainey is seventeen, and dreams of having her own vegetarian cooking show. To that end, she practices constantly, whipping up new dishes in the kitchen of the restaurant her mother runs, feeding snacks to all her friends, and collecting her […]
Rather than reviewing a book this week, I’m going to talk about a very special familial role. It’s not an official title, like Godmother, or a specific relationship, like sister-in-law. Rather, it is a role one chooses: the book aunt.
Being the book aunt means dabbling in all sorts of literature, from the very best kiddie-lit, […]
Marsha Mason has been one of America's favorite actors since she first came to national attention when she starred in The Goodbye Girl.
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