Emily Griffin is one of my favorite “chick lit” authors. The books that she writes are enjoyable and move quickly. This book is about Nick and Tessa Russo. Nick is a pediatric plastic surgeon. Tessa had been a professor and has recently quit her job to be a full time parent to their two children. [...]
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Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen
I have been looking forward to this book ever since I heard the title. I grew up in a Mennonite/Church of the Brethren church and am familiar with the Mennonite community. It was more of a non traditional Mennonite background (my husband was disappointed that I didn’t wear a bonnet) but I was interested to [...]
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
It took me a long time to decide to read this book. I saw it everywhere and people had told me it was great, but for some reason I was hesitant to start it. There have been several books that have come so highly recommended that there is no way they can live up to [...]
Shelter Me by Juliette Fay
This was a very good book about a woman dealing with her first year as a widow. Janie’s husband Robby was killed in a motorcycle accident. It was one of those life changing moments that I can imagine always looking back on and thinking ‘if only….’ Janie had a three-month old baby and a five-year [...]
A Diamond in the Desert by Jo Tatchell
This is the story of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. A Diamond In The Desert is written as a memoir but includes a lot of historical and background information, which I appreciated since I didn’t know much. Jo Tatchell first went to Abu Dhabi in 1974 when she was a small [...]
A Widow for One Year by John Irving
This is one of my favorite books by John Irving…and I’m not even sure why. It is quirky like a lot of his other books. A Widow for One Year is about the Cole family. Marion and Ted Cole have had tragedy in their life with the death of their two teenage sons in a [...]
The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve
The Pilot’s Wife is one of my favorite books by Anita Shreve. It is the story of the wife of a pilot who is involved in a plane crash and the investigation that follows. Kathryn Lyons has been the wife of Jack Lyons for many years. They have a fifteen-year-old daughter together, and she has [...]
Waiting by Ha Jin
This is a beautiful book written by Ha Jin. It takes place in China. Lin Kong is a doctor who spends his years working in a military compound, away from his wife who is caring for his parents and raising their daughter in his village. Lin Kong had married in an arranged marriage as a [...]
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
Half Broke Horses is a second book written by Jeannette Walls. Her first book was a memoir where she detailed her nomadic childhood and the colorful parents and siblings that she has. Half Broke Horses is sort of a prequel in that it tells the story of her grandmother, Lily Casey, but in first person [...]
The Snakehead by Patrick Radden Keefe
I was not familiar with the term “snakehead” when I first came across this book but the blurb on the front and back were enough to catch my interest. It is a story of illegal Chinese immigration focusing on a period in the late 80s to early 90s when it was at it’s highest. A [...]
