Review:Kristen is a wonderful author and I have loved all of her books....She makes the characters come alive and like in this new series you feel the heat & bliss of New Orleans with all the area has to offer. Can't wait for her next book in this series. Read more

Review:This was such a good book, Kristen always does such a great job with these. I love that there really isn't to much unnecessary drama, and it is always HOT! Matt and Mix were an awesome couple. I am a big fan of independent female characters, and there are an abundance of those in this series. I really enjoy that throughout these books we get to keep checking in with all of our other favorite characters. I can't wait for more! Read more

Review:Favorite Quotes:

Marry him right now. Sweet, considerate, sexy men are unicorns. You’ll never see another one of them out in the wild. I know. I looked.

You two are ridiculously good looking… Is that a requirement to be a firefighter or EMT? That you have to be hot so you can make calendars and bring in a bunch of money in calendar sales?

My Review:

I can see what all the fuss was about. But I was horrified to realize I have lived this long without ever indulging in ... Read more

Review:I enjoyed this as a light, chicklit read. This is told in first person from the perspective of Gemma, a private chef with some very entertaining clients, who is thrown some surprises in the lovelife department (don't want to include spoilers). She is very likable, and her voice carries the book. We are with her through her various client visits, as well as her lovelife dramas, and they call come together in a predictable romcom kind of way, but perfectly enjoyable. My only complaint is that the ... Read more

Review:This writer changed literature. From his writings, Journey and Death on Credit are ABSOLUTE REQUIREMENTS for the canon that is contemporary literature. Without Celine, we would have no basis on which to rest Kerouac, we would be missing, dare I say, Kurt Vonnegut as we know him. This writer influenced them all. You can not help but hate him in his manifest destiny of dismal sadness. Nothing is good enough for him, he is cynical, sees life as ultimately humiliating. He does have moments of joy. M... Read more

Review:Elizabeth Strout has created a very believable, very human cast of characters, all of whom struggle with "issues"--some important, some mundane. Lots of big themes: courage, grace, humility, love, death, but mostly how to be the best possible human being in a world that doesn't offer quick, easy answers. The references to Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the repeated mentions of the hymn "Abide With Me," added to my enjoyment of the novel. Set during the Cold War, it brought back many memories of my own ... Read more

Review:If you're looking for great adventure or romance, you'll want to look elsewhere. This book, like many of Ms. Tyler's, is told from a complex, perhaps disappointed, middle-aged woman's point of view. Her small adventure takes her across the country and into the lives of child, her mother and their close-knit working class community. Read more

Review:This book emotionally turned me inside out and shredded me into little bits. Ms. Strout has the ability to convey human anguish on a visceral level with the same power commanded by George Eliot. What a masterpiece! Read more

Review:I read this book on the recommendation of a friend, and had never heard of Anne Tyler. I was surprised how quickly I was totally engrossed in the novel. While I have nothing in common with the heroine Delia, I could very easily get into her mindset and understand her. I think most of us have had a day where we want to just chuck it all and walk away from our lives.

Well-written and believable, I enjoyed following Delia on her adventure, basically her "coming of age" even though her chi... Read more

Review:Impossible to adequately convey the immense beauty of this book, unforgettable in its originality of prose and in its many memorable characters. The story eloquently conveys the struggles and joys of a Welsh community during an era of enormous cultural and societal transitions, the early 20th century. In my "legacy collection" of books that I have been assembling since I was a teen, to pass on to my children, along with Gilead, To Kill A Mockingbird, Samurai's Garden,........ Read more