Playing Catch-up
Here are some short summaries of books I have read recently. With one exception, all of these have been audiobooks. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir This is a great […]
Here are some short summaries of books I have read recently. With one exception, all of these have been audiobooks. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir This is a great […]
The Unknown Beloved is an imaginative telling of the criminal investigation into the Torso Murders committed in Cleveland, Ohio during the 1930s. The “unknown beloved” were the nameless victims, with […]
The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel is a historical fiction romance set in Shanghai during World War II. It involves a love story between a wealthy Chinese […]
The Secret Stealers by Jane Healey is about Anna Cavanaugh, a 25-year-old widow, who is recruited by her father’s friend, Major General William Donovan, to work as his assistant at […]
The Living and The Lost is the second book by Ellen Feldman that I have read. Like the first one, Paris Never Leaves You, this book is also about survivor’s […]
The year is 1960. Benny Lament is a talented and popular songwriter, who only wants to look out for himself. Esther Mine is a singer, looking for her big break. […]
If The Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy is a modern and creative re-telling of Disney’s Cinderella. I can’t tell you how many times my daughter watched the 1950 classic as […]
Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith is an epistolary novel consisting entirely of letters written by Ivy Rowe, starting around age 12 and chronologically going through her last years. […]
It’s fun to ponder the question “Where do you see yourself in five years?” After just finishing The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot, I thought it would be […]
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margo by Marianne Cronin is a heart-warming, funny, and sometimes tear-producing story of a unique friendship. It is a celebration of life and […]