Literary Fiction

The Reese Witherspoon Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick
The Reese Witherspoon Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick

Review:There was nothing not to like in this book. Frankel deals with a difficult subject. She does so with grace and skill. The book is readable but also smart, a combination we don’t always get. Frankel thinks about gender and in-betweenness in a way we haven’t seen much of since Eugenides. Read more

The Beach House
The Beach House

Review:This book had some excellent sub plots. It was an easy read and fairly enjoyable.
The ending of the book stretched the bounds of reason. However, it did provide a different scenerio from most legal works of fiction.
I enjoyed the Alex Cross series. I believe those books were written at a higher level. Read more

The Love Verb
The Love Verb

Review:I love this author and always enjoy her stories. This one is a bit predictable at times, but also very enjoyable. While it would qualify as chicklit or women's lit, it is a philosophy that we all need to visit now and then. Women, their lives, their families, their loves and their sadness....it is all here and done very well. It is a story about real life issues, but also about resolution, determination and compromise. No one ever has it all and what we do have should be evaluated and appre... Read more

The Jane Austen Book Club
The Jane Austen Book Club

Review:A relative gave me the hardback of this book along with the movie for my birthday, knowing what an avid Austen fan I am since getting my English degree but not having read it herself. While certainly a quick read...finished it on a 3 hour flight...I found finishing it a labor of love to please my relative. While some of the individual stories are humorous, quite frankly this "book club" could have been discussing any number of authors' works. This is rather ironic, because most of them were supp... Read more

Spellbound
Spellbound

Review:This wasn't a very deep book bad not even one that makes you wasn't more but it was entertaining and the sex scenes were as usual titillating and fun. Ms. Day has a way with words and fantasy. Who wouldn't like to be a sleek and green eyed goddess that can change into a cat and be cared for by a hunk like Max. Read more

The Return of the Native [with Biographical Introduction]
The Return of the Native [with Biographical Introduction]

Review:I wanted Alan Rickman's beautiful voice! Be careful ordering this. I ordered the Kindle book and upgraded to audio version since I don't want an Audible account. I wanted the Alan Rickman narration. What I got was an Kindle ebook and an audio version with a female narrator that would only play on my Android Kindle app at high speed. She was speaking about one and a half times normal speed. Could find no way to slow it down in the app. Read more

Forks, Knives, and Spoons: A Novel
Forks, Knives, and Spoons: A Novel

Review:Forks, Knives And Spoons is a whole new way to look at dating through a college girl's eyes! It's 1988 in Syracuse, NY and Amy has just started her freshman year of college. Amy and her roommate, Veronica quickly become friends but Amy has this new way of classifying boys that Veronica doesn't agree with. The ultimate catch is a Knife, Forks are pricks and Spoons are the nerdy dudes.

As Amy and Veronica get through the hard years of college, following this system of meeting boys and disco... Read more

and More Anne Shirley Books (Xist Classics) - Anne of Green Gables
and More Anne Shirley Books (Xist Classics) - Anne of Green Gables

Review:I am only applying a three-star rating because it did not appear on my Kindle device as expected. When I purchase on my original Kindle, the content is also available on my Kindle Fire, not so the other way around. I purchased the collection while on my Kindle Fire and the content is not included on my original Kindle. I was very disappointed because I use the original Kindle for bedside reading. Is this a setting glitch on my end? Read more

A Thriller (The Logan West Thrillers Book 1)
A Thriller (The Logan West Thrillers Book 1)

Review:This novel hits the ground running. Logan West, a highly decorated former Marine and a relapsing alcoholic, wakes up after lying unconscious on his basement floor for 40 hours, only to find a stranger watching him with obvious evil intent.
Not to give anything away, the action never stops till the end of the book. It left me breathless!
West is a very real hero, plagued by alcohol and PTSD, and about to be divorced by his wife, whom he loves. But he becomes involved in an
intricate plot... Read more

The Party: A Novel
The Party: A Novel

Review:I was totally enraptured by this story from the start....then I reached the end. It fell flat! Thus, 3 stars. Great story, fast paced. The two main female adult characters were well written. Both deeply flawed and swimming in self loathing, easy to dislike them and yet waiting for them to each find salvation. I was disappointed for it really never came. Quite a disappointing ending considering the rest of the book was quite good. Then again, I didn’t like any of the characters and it was hard t... Read more

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