When Kevin’s little brother is killed in a freak accident he and his mother go to her father’s house for the summer to try and recover. Kevin is wracked with guilt about his part in the accident or, at least what his father tells him was his part. His mother is a wraith, the life sucked out of her, leaving her emotionally comatose. Her father lives in Medgar, Kentucky, deep in ... Read More...
Vanessa and her Sister
Virginia Woolf is an icon in the world of literature and much has been written about her life so it is a courageous move on the part of author Priya Parmar to explore not Virginia but her lesser known sister Vanessa, in her new novel Vanessa and Her Sister. The novel begins during the heady years when the Stephen family—Thoby, Adrian, Vanessa, and Virginia—are living on their ... Read More...
December Mini-Reviews
I know books won't be on most of your minds tonight but thought I'd get December mini-reviews in before I hit the champagne. Plus, both of these books are light enough that if you start them this morning you'll have finished them well before midnight. The New Countess: As the writer of the pilot for Upstairs Downstairs Fay Weldon knows about the ... Read More...
Favorite Debuts of 2014
It's the last week of the year and Favorite Debuts of 2014 is the last list from me- I promise! One of my favorite parts of being a book blogger is getting to read new voices before everyone else does—and then getting all evangelical about those voices here in this blog. If I can get even one person to read a new author whose book I loved it makes me feel like I’m doing my ... Read More...
#AMonthofFaves: 2014 Timeline
I'm a bit late to the game but Traveling with T and Estella's Revenge are two of the fab book bloggers who came up with the A Month of Favorites event. They've been working it hard but it was T's post about her year-in-review that piqued my interest and made me curious to see I've done this year. So, without further ado here are the bits and bobs of my reading ... Read More...
2 A.M. at The Cat’s Pajamas
Author Marie-Helene Bertino creates an unusual and charming story in 2 A.M. at The Cat’s Pajamas in that while it takes place in the 24 hours before Christmas Eve the only thing Christmas-like about it is that it brings together a disparate group of travelers, all looking for salvation. There is nine-year-old Madeleine; Lorca, the owner of The Cat’s ... Read More...
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