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Book Review: Gilead
I read this book on the recommendation of a friend, who told me it was one of her absolute favorites. It’s not a long book, only about 250 pages, but not a quick read either. It’s a letter written by a...
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Book Review: Reading Lolita in Tehran
Definitely worth reading. It wasn’t a quick read – it took me longer than most books of this length would – but I enjoyed it. It’s a memoir by an Iranian professor of Western literature. Through her...
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Book Review: The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
I just finished reading this one for my book club and was amazed at the varied responses. A popular quote was “It was agony when I was reading it and ecstasy when I was done!” I hate to be...
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Book Review: The Other Boleyn Girl/The Boleyn Inheritance
I read these two books in fairly quick succession, so I’m going to talk about both of them. They’re historical fiction, my new favorite genre, and I loved them! The Other Boleyn Girl is the story of...
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Book Review – Twilight (A Male Perspective)
-by Jim Cheesy? Yes. Sappy? Absolutely. Whiney high-school girl-ish? Indeed. Totally awesome? OF COURSE! I would like to begin this review with a disclaimer. I read this book to earn the love of a...
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Book Review: Rhett Butler’s People
I’ve loved Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind since I first read it, probably sometime in junior high. My paperback copy is lovingly worn and creased from multiple re-readings. I’ve seen the movie...
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Book Review: The 5000 Year Leap – A Miracle that Changed the World
This was a book club pick and I was less than enthusiastic about it, I’ll admit. I would have been even less so if I had known Glenn Beck has been promoting it. But despite myself, I really enjoyed it....
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Book Review: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
I started this book with high hopes. Given the original premise, it had the potential to be heartbreaking and maybe even genius, but it unfortunately didn’t achieve either one. It is a memoir, kind of....
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2009 in Books
Here’s my yearly reading roundup, with ratings for each book. I hit 29 last year, with an unexplained zero books read in November. (Actually, it can probably be explained by my watching seasons 1 and...
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Book Review: Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of...
First of all, wow! It’s been awhile! My poor neglected blog. I won’t try to make any pretenses about catching up. It’s just not going to happen. And my last book review was nearly three years ago!...
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