Publisher: Delacorte Press

The Girls in the Picture by Melanie Benjamin

January 20, 2018 Whitney Review 0 Comments
The Girls in the Picture by Melanie Benjamin

Review When I started The Girls in the Picture my knowledge of Mary Pickford was slim to none and Frances Marion even less so. Like the women in the novel, I was going into uncharted territory. In the era of #Metoo a novel about women being discriminated against because of their sex and not potential […]

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Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d by Alan Bradley

September 20, 2016 Whitney Review 1 Comment
Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d by Alan Bradley

First Impressions In Alan Bradley’s newest novel Flavia comes home from boarding school. I was more than happy to return to Bishop’s Lacey. I have come to love its kooky characters, like the Tanners really love Kimmy Gibbler. Impressions While Reading What I liked most about Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d by Alan Bradley […]

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The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin

January 26, 2016 Whitney Review 0 Comments
The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin

First Impressions I have always enjoyed Melanie Benjamin’s novels, as retellings and fictionalized accounts of famous persons has always been a soft spot of mine. Thus, I went a little fangirl when I saw Melanie Benjamin was coming out with a new novel. In the past, the novels had focused on a female lead, this […]

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As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley

January 30, 2015 Whitney Review 0 Comments
As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley

First Impressions: After reading  As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley I was reminded of Sherlock Holmes. Impressions on Characters Flavia de Luce has a bit of arrogance with an “Elementary my dear Watson” air to her.  It may seem like a criticism, but I really enjoy seeing that side of her. While […]

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Review: The Here and Now

August 28, 2014 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Review: The Here and Now

The Here and Now first reminded me of Lois Lowry’s The Giver.  We begin at a ceremony to basically scare the shit out off youngsters with extreme rules and the creation of sameness.  Hm, I vaguely questioned whether Ann Brashares was jumping off the stir for The Giver movie but eventually moved on.  The Here […]

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Book Review: The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches

January 17, 2014 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Book Review: The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches

Flavia grows up just a little in each novel and in The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches it is evident that she has matured and felt like a parent dropping their child off for the first day of kindergarten.  While some of the innocence is lost her skills in deduction have increased.  This mystery series is […]

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Book Review: Speaking From Among the Bones

July 12, 2013 Whitney Review 5 Comments
Book Review: Speaking From Among the Bones

I have loved the Flavia de Luce novels in the past but found Speaking From Among the Bones to be lackluster.  I didn’t feel like there was much of a mystery element as there has been previously.  Alan Bradley seemed to go off on tangents and thought the death of Mr. Collicutt took a backseat […]

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The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin

May 10, 2013 Whitney Review 3 Comments
The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin

Charles Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis to Paris and his baby was kidnaped. That’s the gist of my knowledge of the Lindberghs. Much has been researched/documented on Charles Lindbergh but what about Lucky Lindy’s co-pilot, his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh? Like her first two novels, Melanie Benjamin gives us a look at a […]

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Review: Janie Face to Face

March 6, 2013 Whitney Review 4 Comments
Review: Janie Face to Face

I loved the Janie books when I was younger. I first read The Face on the Milk Carton when I was 10 (so 1995) but it was first published in 1990. Notice that I said 1990. Caroline B. Cooney released the fifth and last Janie book this year, Janie is now 20 and in college […]

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Review: What Janie Found

December 5, 2011 Whitney Review 1 Comment
Review: What Janie Found

At the end of The Voice on the Radio Reeve’s lawyer sister Lizzie divulges that Hannah died five years ago.  So really, I’d like to know who is receiving these checks.  Anyway, why wouldn’t Reeve just tell Janie this and save them all the trouble.  I know why, because a) Janie wouldn’t listen and b) […]

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