There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book; books are well written or badly written.
— , Picture of Dorian Gray
When I saw The Wednesday Sisters on the “new in paperback” table at Barnes and Noble, I had to read the back cover. I did so, and took it home, along with about twelve other books. In my defense – not that one needs to DEFEND book buying – I had spent almost an entire [...]
Best Friends Forever Jennifer Weiner Get it from Amazon >> When I saw Atria Book’s advertising their Galley Grab event on Twitter, I had to go pick some books. The arrived recently, and among them was Jennifer Weiner’s latest novel, Best Friends Forever. As with most of her books, I devoured it in the space [...]
Lulu in Marrakech Diane Johnson Get it at Amazon >> I had just finished re-reading The Eight. which had some lovely scenes set in Tangier, and wanted something similarly exotic. I was standing in Barnes and Noble, talking to my friend Deb on the phone, and I saw the lovely red cover with Lulu in [...]
Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe Jennie Shortridge Get it at Amazon >> When I first picked up Love and Biology… at Half Price Books, I thought it would be exactly the kind of read I was looking for. After all, it’s about a woman who flees her troubled marriage and goes [...]
Best Intentions Emily Listfield Get it at Amazon >> Lisa Barkley, PR representative with a stalled career, mother of two girls who attend private schools didn’t seem at first to be a character I would like when I cracked open Best Intentions, the new novel by Emily Listfield. I was wrong. She may have two [...]
Second Chance Jane Green Get it at Amazon >> I first discovered Jane Green after a hot and tiring day of shopping last July. My desk had broken, and we’d been going from store to store looking for office furniture, when I remembered I still hadn’t completed one of the pre-conference assignments for a novel [...]
Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddons Get it from Amazon >> I’m not sure if I introduced Anne Rivers Siddons’ work to my mother, or if she introduced it to me, but when you want something a little bit beachy and a little bit romantic, with vibrant women characters, no one beats her. This is [...]
Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen Get it from Amazon >> Water for Elephants was one of the best books I’d ever read, so when I was in the Mexico City airport last week with 500 pesos and an extra ninety minutes before my flight – and nothing to read – I took a chance and [...]
The Beach House Jane Green Get it from Amazon >> I first saw The Beach House when I was working on a project for a writing conference I attended last August, but I resisted buying it. Then, last fall, I finally picked it up, because I was missing the sea and liked the title. In [...]
