Review:So impressed by the authors ability to make you like all of the characters in this messy love story. You will constantly be changing you mind about what the "right" thing to do is, just as the characters do the same. A quick read packed with empathy and real life troubles. Read more

Review:In this story about a storyteller, Allende herself wields words like a gardeners trowel, urging quite common words into fantastical blossoms and fruit that feed into a story that carries you gently but swiftly through the pages. As you come to the finale, you feel the healthy glow of a hard-won happy ending Read more

Review:Excelente !!!! un best seller desarrollafo con el estilo caracteristico de la sutora. Me atrae y mantiene interesada desde la primera linea, me da pesar cuando termina. Me encanta el estilo de Isabel Allende. Es una de mis escritoras favoritas. Read more

Review:Another new author to add to my must have list!!! This book twisted and turned,but the romance happend anyway. I won't spoli it,but let's just say I never imagined the ending. I've got to get the rest of the books!!! Keep up the good writing Read more

Review:One and a half stars.

Mild spoilers to follow...

This book was trash. And not even fun trash. It gave no insight into Brooklyn's ultra-Orthodox community that you couldn't find from about five minutes on Google, or in local newspaper coverage. My favorite bit was how Rebekah opines again and again that another character could not have gotten a divorce without losing custody of her children in the rabinnical court system. New flash: The United States is not run by rabinnical courts.... Read more

Review:While I did enjoy the character development in this book, the plot was unbelievably contrived. There were too many thoughts of "what are the chances of THIS happening in anyone's life?" that took away from what was a great story line. Read more

Review:This is classic Twain. It is hilarious. If you want some entertaining reading, this is a great choice for a medium length introduction to Mark Twain. The "negro dialect" is easy to read once you get the hang of it. You do need to get past the use of the "n word" though as in many of the writings from that period. The almanac quotes keep you waiting for the next ones. Read more

Review:Fraying on the Edge picks up after we discover that Ariana and Skylar were switched at birth due to the chaos when the birthing center where they were born caught fire. When it is discovered twenty years later that that mistake occurred, Ariana must abide by what her biological father, Nicholas Jenkins, dictates or Rachel, the Amish mid-wife could go to jail.

Ariana must live in the English world with her biological family, Nicholas, an atheist and against all Ariana's family stands for a... Read more

Review:I usually like reading Amish fiction, often I feel it's just kind of "fluff" but oh my, this series of three Amish fiction books in the series "The Amish of Summer Grove" by Cindy Woodsmall are not really fluff, though they are easily readable and VERY interesting!

This book, Gathering the Threads, is (as it sounds) a culminating book in a series. I would REALLY suggest that you read the first two books in the series, as they are wonderful reads as well (but if you don't have the opportu... Read more

Review:Words cannot express my great joy at finishing this book, or my great sorrow at finishing this book. Every one I have read has made me feel this way, but this is the best. With the usual twisty ending that leaves you wondering whether to laugh or cry, with the usual feeling that there will be a long wait until the next book comes out, Mr. Archer has done it again. If you have not read this one yet, run, do not walk, to your local book vendor and get it. You will LOVE it. Read more