The House on First Street
This novel was one I picked up while walking New Orleans’ Garden District one gorgeous autumn afternoon and after having wandered charming streets and oogling stranger’s homes, and ended up in a upstairs bookstore. This is a familiar pattern to anyone who’s known me for a while. And while in such a bookstore, I always […]
Tumbleweeds
Tumbleweeds, the second novel by Leila Meacham, closely follows the same format as her first novel (and one I thoroughly enjoyed!) the Roses. I guess the lesson here is if you’ve got a bang up recipe, don’t mess with it. And she doesn’t. This novel, though set in west Texas as opposed to east, is […]
Elegy for Eddie
Oh, Jacqueline Winspear, how do I love thee . . .let me count the ways. . . with the 8th Maisie Dobbs novel in my hands I can say that you have created one of my favorite female characters to have ever walked through London ( and I’ve read a LOT of books with British […]
The Little Women Letters
While moving the kids to college this weekend, I grabbed a book for the ride and ended up glued to the pages in between events. It had been so many years since I read the classic Little Women that I wondered if that would be a problem with a novel, The Little Women Letters, that […]
Love is a Wild Assault
A new friend, knowing I was curious about east Texas history, suggested I read a historical fiction novel based on a true story–from the memoirs of a woman whose tumultuous life paralleled the birth of Texas. Beginning with chapter one during the evening was a mistake, as I was drawn into these pages with the […]
Books that have lingered on my nightstand
It’s been a while since I’ve posted to this blog–okay, months–but life has interrupted my reading schedule and I haven’t lingered over a good book recently–except a coffee table book entitled, One Writer’s Garden about Eudora Welty’s Mississippi home and garden–but that treasure is unique. I just wanted to tell you that I’ve started, but […]
Two Very Different Novels
This week I finished two very different novels. One, by my friend, Lisa Wingate, was a delightful treasure box of quirky people, old mysteries, and new found hope–all bound by the lovely little community that lives in fictional, Moses Lake. Blue Moon Bay was yet another delicious read and one I can whole-heartedly recommend to […]
The Beach Trees
Karen White’s novel, The Beach Trees, was the PERFECT book for a rainy Sunday. I read this story from cover-to-cover buried under a faux fur blanket, in front of a crackling fire, with Earl Gray tea and Bischoff cookies on the table. Yes, nirvana is possible. But you probably want to know more about Karen […]
The House on Oyster Creek
This is hard for me to admit, but there was a book I just could not finish. Even though it came highly recommended, I didn’t even have enough interest to read ahead a few chapters and see if things improved. Is it me? Or is that I just didn’t care a fig for the characters. […]
I’m going to post some titles, one day soon.
Sorry for the delay in posting recommendations about books I’ve read. It’s funny, but reading things on Kindle has changed my format for remembering stories. Being a visual person, I can often remember a favorite novel, by picturing the book/cover, the heft of the binding, and the pages dogeared in between reading sessions. E-books are […]
