The #winditup2013 Read-Along Wrap-Up: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Book Three)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Book Three) By Haruki Murakami Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin Knopf, 1997 #Winditup2013 Readalong hosted by Ti at Book Chatter Despite having [...]
View ArticleWhat Survives from a Flooded Town: Cascade by Maryanne O’Hara
In Cascade, a memorable first novel by short story writer Maryanne O’Hara, a small town faces the loss of itself and its history for the sake of urban progress and the promise of cash from the state...
View ArticleLiterary Giveaway Blog Hop
This post is sticky (always at the top) until June 27. Please scroll down for newer posts. Welcome to the Literary Giveaway Blog Hop! (I’ve messed up on my first-ever blog hop, and thought it started...
View ArticleWeird Happenings in New Hampshire: The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian...
June is Audiobook Month, in case you haven’t heard, and I want to get at least one more audiobook review posted before the month is over! The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian, narrated by [...]
View ArticleWinner of the Literary Giveaway Hop
The winner of my Literary Giveaway Hop giveaway of a brand-new copy of Big Brother by Lionel Shriver is Anne! Anne’s comment was that Big Brother “sounds unique and compelling,” and I hope she finds...
View ArticleWatching How He Eats: Big Brother by Lionel Shriver @HarperCollins
Don’t plan on snuggling up on the couch with a big dish of ice cream while you read Big Brother by Lionel Shriver. This one might put you off your food for a while! Pandora is 40 years old and has put...
View ArticleInformal Readalong: Songs for the Missing by Stewart O’Nan (Audio)...
What, no badge? No announcement post? No check-ins? What kind of readalong is this? The easy kind, hosted and organized by Care’s Online Book Club. This readalong was so informal that even I could join...
View ArticleSummer’s End: Wish You Were Here by Stewart O’Nan
Wish You Were Here by Stewart O’Nan is an elegiac novel about the passing of a family’s era, when an extended family gathers at their aging Lake Chautauqua house for a vacation week at the end of the...
View ArticleWhere’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (Audio) @HachetteAudio
Where’d You Go, Bernadette, a first novel by Maria Semple, narrated by Kathleen Wilhoite, is a audiobook bargain at $14.98. It came highly recommended around the blogosphere, but at first the story...
View ArticleSleep-Deprived in Park Slope: The Mermaid of Brooklyn by Amy Shearn...
Amy Shearn‘s second novel, The Mermaid of Brooklyn has a cover blurb from Maria Semple, the author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette. This makes sense because the two authors are similar in that they [...]
View ArticleNot Your Usual Wild West Story: Doc by Mary Doria Russell
I loved Mary Doria Russell’s books The Sparrow and Children of God, but a book about the Wild West of cowboys and Indians didn’t appeal to me, so despite all the rave reviews and awards, I didn’t read...
View ArticleA Glimpse of Childhood’s Old Magic: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil...
At not quite six hours long, the story you hear in the audiobook edition of The Ocean at the End of the Lane, written and read by Neil Gaiman, hits you with the focused force of a novella. It’s a...
View ArticleFailure to Communicate: Cartwheel by Jennifer duBois
Cartwheel is Jennifer duBois’ second novel, after A Partial History of Lost Causes (which I bought a copy of over a year ago and have yet to read.) Many reviewers loved it; it was chosen as
View Article“Last night I dreamed of Nauquasset again”: Alena by Rachel Pastan...
Deliberately invoking Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier’s classic novel about a young woman who marries a rich, older man after a whirlwind romance and from then on is constantly compared to the first Mrs....
View ArticleRoad Trip to Boston with Detours: Boundless by Brad Cotton @BradCott0n
Even though it’s not readily available from the library, I couldn’t resist buying a Kindle edition of Boundless, Brad Cotton‘s second novel, because his characters take a road trip across the country...
View ArticleNotes from an Alien Assassin: The Humans by Matt Haig @MattHaig1
In The Humans by Matt Haig, an alien from outer space (way, way out in space) has been sent to Earth on a mission to prevent humans from knowing too much, and is sending updates on his [...]
View ArticleYearning for Freedom: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
In her third novel (after The Secret Life of Bees and The Mermaid Chair), Sue Monk Kidd has gone back in time to the fledgling abolitionist movement that preceded the Civil War by several decades,...
View ArticleLiterary Giveaway Blog Hop February 8-12 #LitBlogHop @Leeswammes
This post will be sticky (on top) until the end of the blog hop. Please scroll down for more recent posts.The Literary Giveaway Blog Hop is hosted by Judith at Leeswammes’ Blog. Between now and...
View ArticleA Hard Life: The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
At the opening of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis, Hattie is a new mother in Philadelphia in 1925 – full of hope for her future life with her husband August and the future [...]
View ArticleIn Revere in These Days: Vatican Waltz by Roland Merullo @RolandMerullo...
In his latest novel, Vatican Waltz, author Roland Merullo toys with ideas about the institution of the Catholic Church, but much less playfully than he speculated on spirituality in Breakfast with...
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