Imagine a small boarding school for “fragile” teens in rural Vermont and within that school an exclusive English class to which only 4 or 5 students are handpicked to join. With this Meg Wolitzer makes her debut in YA fiction. Having read and loved The Interestings, her last adult novel, I knew I had to give Belzhar a try. The school is The Wooden Barn and Jamaica (known as ... Read More...
Just One Evil Act
Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers is not a woman well-known for her fashion sense or healthy living. Neither is she able to keep her mouth shut when she disagrees with what is being said—no matter who is saying it. What she has in excess is loyalty and when a dear friend’s daughter is taken away by her mother; she ignores all warnings and advice to stay out of it and gets ... Read More...
Compound Fractures
The last couple of weeks have been big reading weeks. Intense reading weeks. Worth every minute and page but leaving me fairly drained. So when I saw that Stephen White had come out with a new Alan Gregory mystery in August I decided to break away and revisit a favorite character. Compound Fracturesis the 20th and final novel in the Alan Gregory series and I’ve read all of ... Read More...
