The Brother’s Keepers is a great adventure that won’t let you do anything but read @matthewpeters65 Click To Tweet I enjoyed every moment I lost in this book. Here are just a few of the reasons I’m telling you to waste not one second and order The Brothers’ Keepers. The writing is excellent @matthewpeters65 TheBrothersKeepers […]
Pulitzer Prize Winner Goldfinch–Fair to Partly Cloudy
I was really looking forward to reading Goldfinch. The hype around it as well as wonderful responses from my reading friends, left me anxious to read it. Often with a book that I know will be good, I save it. I always like to have a good book waiting in the wings. Did this Pulitzer-Prize-winning […]
Ordinary Grace is Far from Ordinary–A Book Worth More Than 5 Stars
“ Sometimes, you’re given a story. It comes, just comes, and it’s so compelling that it haunts you until you’ve written it #ordindarygrace #wnkentkrueger #joancurtis Click To Tweet For me, that was “Ordinary Grace”…I put everything I know about storytelling into this book,” said William Kent Krueger about his 2014 Edgar Award winning novel. Many […]
A Delicious Book–My Review of The Husband’s Secret
A friend recommend that I read The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty. She suggested that it might be a similar suspense/mystery as my release The Clock Strikes Midnight. Well. . . I would hope that my book is as good a read as Moriarty’s. I found her writing fast, clean and well-thought out. She not […]
A Surprisingly Fun Read–Deception Al Dente
I picked up Deception Al Dente because I liked the way the reviews sounded, not to mention the cool name. People called it a great mystery with a twist. But, what I liked most about the reviews was the description of the PI. Most said she was likable if not a bit flawed. Who could […]
Review–Award Winning Book that Left Me Disappointed–Americanah
I had looked forward to reading this book. I heard Adichie interviewed and the book sounded intriguing. But, I must say, I was disappointed. Americanah dragged. In fact, I found myself skimming and waiting for it to end. This book had a lot of positives and with a good editor could have been a great […]
Review–Wicked Autumn by GM Malliet
Wicked Autumn debuts in a typical English village with the first sentence grabbing my attention: Wanda Batton-Smythe, head of the women’s Institute of Nether Monkslip, liked to say she was not one to mince words.” Captivated by this sentence, I kept reading. The author paints a very nice picture of the English village full of […]
Guests on Earth–A Review
Lee Smith is one of my favorite Southern authors. Her book Fair and Tender Ladies ranks up there with a book I’d read over and over. Recently she released her latest, Guests on Earth. I must say, I don’t like the title. I understand the reason for it, but that doesn’t make it any better. […]
Martha Grimes Spoofs the Publishing Industry
Recently I read The Way of All Fish by Martha Grimes. If you want a good laugh or two, pick it up. Grimes, one of the best crime/mystery writers of our time, created the delicious Richard Jury, Scotland Yard hero, as well as casts of characters that kept readers inthralled for years. In this new […]
A Tragic Story but a Must-Read–Review Untouchable
I wouldn’t label Untouchable by Scott O’Connor a fun read. It was tough but excellent. The author did a masterful job of writing stream of consciousness and keeping the reader engaged. He picked a very hard topic–grief and he demonstrated two responses to grief in his two main characters. The story is about how a […]
