As a child of the 60s/70s I was one of the numerous little girls clamoring for a Barbie doll. Much like the opening for the movie Barbie (fabulous, a must see) I’d loved my baby doll to death, but needed something more and Barbie was the dream, but it was not to be for me. My personal trauma aside, Renée Rosen now takes readers on an in-depth journey of how the ... Read More...
Belgravia by Julian Fellowes
I decided to leave the gloom of October behind and start November with an uncomplicated, lovely novel that opens in a time that seems quiet to us, but was tumultuous for those living it. The novel is Belgravia and it begins with a very real event, the Duchess of Richmond’s ball in Brussels in 1815. In history, this glamorous event, attended by some of the highest aristocrats ... Read More...
Bright Young Women
Pamela Schumacher is the president of her sorority at Florida State University, a job she takes so seriously she doesn’t go out with her friends one Saturday night because she has too much work to do. In the early hours of the following morning this same sense of responsibility will uproot her life from its carefully laid out path, depositing her in the dark swamp of one of ... Read More...
September Reading Wrap-Up
September has come and gone and with it, the last weak bits of Seattle summer. Shorts and tees have been packed away and I’m back to layering clothes and wearing fuzzy socks. No complaints, I love all things soft and warm—in my clothes. In my books, not so much. Still, September was a month of reading as steady and stable as our weather which is a welcome state of affairs. ... Read More...
August Reading Wrap-Up
August has followed summer out the door, but the weather was as lovely as the majority of my reading, with more highs than lows. The first week of September is about to end so I thought I ought to check in with what worked and what didn’t before I head into all the new fall releases. The Postcard is historical fiction based on a real family history that encompasses ... Read More...
The River We Remember
Summer is just beginning in the small town of Jewel, Minnesota when the body of Jimmy Quinn, one of the town’s wealthiest citizens, is discovered in the nearby river. Given that he was also one of the most disliked there are plenty of people in William Kent Krueger’s The River We Remember who wanted him dead and little enthusiasm on the part of Sheriff Brody Dern to find the ... Read More...
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