First Impressions There was so much hype when The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards came out. Between that and the catchy blurb, I snatched it up. Impressions While Reading Unfortunately, that is where any positive-thinking ended. It was formulaic, cliché and could easily have been a Lifetime Movie (which it later was adapted into). […]
Amazing read and became engrossed in this in well, nineteen minutes. I felt it had a surprise ending about what truly happened during those life changing minutes. Can your own child become a mystery to you? What does it mean to be different in our society? Is it ever okay for a victim to strike […]
Fond Of I tend to be drawn towards novels that involve a love affair with a famous person, Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamaha Cheney, Charles Lindberg and Anne Morrow Lindberg, therefore it only seemed natural that I read about Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas. Details, lots and lots of detail were shown and gave […]
Fond Of Previously I had only read Michelle Moran’s novels that were set in Egypt. Asps, Pharaohs and Pyramids has always been an era that interests me. I suppose it is comfortable to stick with what you know. Nevertheless, I enjoy Moran’s writing style and become lost in her stories. Therefore, when I saw Rebel […]
Fond Of You can’t exactly say I am Abraham was filled with twists and turns as Lincoln’s story is very well-known, but the way it was told was interesting. Told in small vignettes that wove seamlessly together. The novel didn’t drag with reminisces from his childhood rather moving to his old years and didn’t linger […]
Embarrassingly, I mainly know Sherlock Holmes through Basil Rathbone and Benedict Cumberbatch. I finally decided that enough was enough and decided to read the books myself. I now have a whole new appreciation for the adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels, particularly Sherlock. Perhaps it is because I grew up watching the Basil Rathbone films, […]
First in a series that has potential. stereotypical kooky small town characters reminding me of Olive Kitteridge. Surprise, unexpected ending but not enough of an OMG conclusion. Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Email Address Subscribe […]
First Impressions The first think I think of when I hear the words Rosemary’s Baby are Mia Farrow and Roman Polanski. A bad reader I know, associating the novel with its director not the author Ira Levin. Impressions While Reading Rosemary’s Baby is strange. Strange is the best descriptive word, with Satan and demonic […]
A cross between Wuthering Heights and Romeo and Juliet. I’ve read several other novels of Louisa May Alcott under the pseudonym A.M.Barnard and isn’t my favorite. A bit slow until the last 25% of the book. Had a satisfactory (if not sad) ending. Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to […]
Fond of: Louie Zamperini led (good or bad) an incredible life. I think you would be hard pressed to find anyone to contradict that. It feels strange to say you are “fond of” a person being in a POW camp, going through the unimaginable, but Louie has grit and overcomes it, remaining “Unbroken”. Not only […]