Almost Home
Don’t let the name deceive you, Almost Home is not the sweet novel you might think by the title–actually having read (and enjoyed ) this book, I would have named it something entirely different. Don’t know what, but something. This is the third novel I’ve read by Pan Jenoff. The first two were page-turner WWII […]
Catch a Rising Star
So, I picked up a copy of Tracey Bateman’s 2007 book, Catch a Rising Star. She and I are friends on Facebook–not that it’s an important fact, but a connection is a connection. I’ve followed many of Tracey’s travails writing (we writers were made for the 140 characters on Twitter and Facebook, it’s a challenge […]
The Thirteenth Tale
It’s been a while since I read this novel, but when I was dusting the bookshelves (what I need to be doing is some serious spring cleaning, but for now I’ll just run a Swiffer over the book tops and call it done) and saw this cover ,I remembered that I’d always wanted to blog […]
Brava, Valentine
For those of you who love the crazy emotional hangups of Adrianna Trigianni’s Italian families, globe-trotting adventures, tense romantic conflicts and inter-personal dramas, you’ll love this second story in Valentine’s saga toward maturity and love, maybe mutually exclusive elements. I’m eating the pages up like popcorn, even though I’m not finished. Speaking of popcorn, I’ve […]
Velva Jean Learns to Drive
Velva Jean Learns to Drive is blueberry experience. Hot summer sun will beat down on you, you will go through thorns and you’ll come out with chiggers, but when those blueberries melt on your tongue-heaven has come down. That’s the way it was reading Jennifer Niven’s novel. A hot, summer blueberry. She told a “coming […]
The Swiss Courier
The Swiss Courier is a great story well told. But before I oohh and ahhh over the intelligence of the plot and the believable characters, let me tell you some back story. I’ve been working for several years on a novel set in Bayreuth, Germany –specifically related to the famed opera house and Wagner’s opera […]
The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
A debut novel by Jaime Ford, this story retells the conflicts of a Chinese man during WWII as his best friend,and love of his life, Keiko, is caught in the anti-Japanese hysteria of the war climate. Told in alternating real time (on the recent occasion of his wife’s passing) and flash back, Henry’s own life […]
Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart
Loved it!! Mr.Darcy Broke My Heart is the second book by Beth Patillo that I’ve read and it was just as much fun as Jane Austen Ruined My Life. This woman obvioulsy loves travelling in and around London, Oxford and Bath–my dream trip. So maybe you have to be a marginal Austen-ite to enjoy the […]
The Captain’s Lady
Louise M. Gouge has written another outstanding historical romance novel with The Captain’s Lady. This follow-up story to Love Thine Enemy continues the web of stories set in the unusual location of East Florida at the height of the Revolutionary War. Though much of this story takes place in England, as the sea captain hero […]
The Sweet By and By
Here’s a new trend in publishing–pair up a highly successful singer/songwriter (or insert any other celebrity career) with a talented author and wa-la, there’s an instant bestseller. Well, I don’t know if The Sweet By and By will hit the bestseller lists, but its certainly a fun read. The folks at Thomas Nelson did a […]
