Ann Patchett is one of my favorite authors, and this collection of essays did not […]
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Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
At the beginning of this story, I had a hard time warming up to Elizabeth […]
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
The Henna Artist is about a woman struggling for independence and voice. Lakshmi is the […]
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus
Kathy Lazaro, a recovering addict, lives in a house she inherited. After her husband, Nick, […]
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks is an author who always draws me into the story, even if I […]
Good-Bye to All That by Robert Graves
Good-Bye to All That by Robert Graves is a memoir about his formative years in […]
The King Tides by James Swain
I live on a street in Florida that experiences king tides—high tides that flood the […]
Shadow over Cedar Key: A Brandy O’Bannon Mystery by Ann Turner Cook
Brandy O’Bannon, a motivated reporter from a small Gainesville newspaper, goes on a mission to […]
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
A character named Robert Walton starts the narrative through letters about his life. Then, when […]
The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood
The Berlin Stories contains two novels set in Berlin in the early 1930s. It is […]