Literature & Fiction

The Good Sister (Sister Series, #2)
The Good Sister (Sister Series, #2)

Review:Davis has successfully followed the first sister book with another just as riveting and as emotionally captivating! She delicately unfolds the story of the "good" sister, tormented by demons long lived with and seen by absolutely no one behind the face of a dutiful, beautiful up and coming politician's wife. However, this book is NOT about politics; it is about a woman's journey to find the right to be happy, the right to feel, the right to her own thoughts, and ultimately, the right to discover... Read more

The Running Dream (Schneider Family Book Award - Teen Book Winner)
The Running Dream (Schneider Family Book Award - Teen Book Winner)

Review:I'm currently reading the "Universe in a Nutshell" by Stephen Hawking. I find this book book far more interesting then this book. The book was well written but it just gets boring after a while when you can predict absolutely everything that happens in the book. The book is absolutely cheese. I also have a theory as to why I didn't like the book was because I'm reading it for school and I don't ever read this genre of book normally or at all. I'm also only 14. Read more

The Good Fight: A Novel
The Good Fight: A Novel

Review:This was a great book! Loved it from beginning to end. So many of the issues happened while I was growing up. Some of it was before I was born. But the election of Kennedy and his assination happened when I first started Jr. High. There was a lot of history that I remember. This is one of my favorite Steele books. Read more

One Good Dog: A Novel
One Good Dog: A Novel

Review:I read this book two years ago and I still think about it from time to time. I read a lot, and it is a rare thing when a book stays with me this long. If you are a dog lover, this is definitely a must read!!! Read more

Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop - Good Clean Fun
Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop - Good Clean Fun

Review:I got this book for my woodworking son for Christmas. I looked through it when I got it to make sure it was something he would like. Nick Offerman is a TV star he likes, and I really couldn't put the book down.

It tells all about his shop and the people he has hired, their interesting stories on their journey in their careers, what they do in the shop, and of course projects and instructions to finish them. There are lots of tips also on how they do their jobs efficiently and to perfec... Read more

The Giver Quartet Omnibus
The Giver Quartet Omnibus

Review:This was an amazing series that connects both storyline and hearts. I read the Giver when I was younger as a school requirement and read it again as an adult and I've enjoyed it even more. Wonderfully written, I'm now eagerly awaiting if the movie can do The Giver justice. Read more

Bread Givers: A Novel
Bread Givers: A Novel

Review:It is difficult to read BREAD GIVERS by Anzia Yezierska and not feel the same barrage of competing emotions that afflict nearly everyone in the book. On a literal level, Yezierska writes of the struggle of Russian/Polish Jews to assimilate in the New York just before the First World War. The action is narrated over a period of some dozen years by Sara Smolinsky, who begins the novel as a ten year old girl, one of three other sisters. We see the action filtered through her eyes, so there is the n... Read more

The Quiet American (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
The Quiet American (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Review:Given the history of Southeast Asia (the former "French Indochina"), it's interesting that Greene has chosen a Brit to square off against an idealistic American.

Is that because the British world view is Graham's professional voice? Is it because of the "Special Relationship" between the United Kingdom and the United States to which politicians on "both sides of the pond" constantly refer, making Fowler's reactions to Pyle and his ultimate decision all the more riveting? Is it due to the ... Read more

The Life She Was Given
The Life She Was Given

Review:When I first saw the description for this book, I was worried about it being too reminiscent of Water for Elephants. When I got started, I felt more and more it was unique in and of itself...but I will say as the plot develops and the main character, Lilly, ages, it does become more like that book than I would have liked, except more depressing.

This story is emotionally draining from beginning to end...the brief moments of happiness barely last long enough to contrast with the darkness, ... Read more

The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls
The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls

Review:The greatest, most beautiful, torturing, powerful, insightful and original story of its time. It will make you ache with pain, rejoice with victory and cry out for better or worse. You simply must not only read this book but engulf yourself into the puzzles built within by the author to find real life prized items and find the best friends you never knew you had in your own online ward. You aren't just reading the story, you ARE the story. Read more

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