March in Review

I know I will say this every month, but wow March went by fast. Doesn’t it feel like it was just New Year’s Eve? How are we already a quarter of the way through the year? March had it’s ups and downs in terms of blogging and life. I only read two books this month, [...]

Little Bee

Book: Little Bee Author: Chris Cleave Short Summary: “Little Bee”, a girl from Nigeria, is freed from a detention center in England. She a makes her way to the home of Sarah and Andrew, a couple Little Bee had encountered on a beach during a tragic day in Nigeria a few years before. As their friendship [...]

So Much For That

Book: So Much For That Author: Lionel Shriver Short Summary: Shep Knacker was ready to leave it all behind; the company he sold years ago yet still works for, the worries and annoyances of everyday life, and even his wife Glynis, if she chose not to follow him to the remote island of Pemba. Shep had [...]

New vs. Used Books

As I opened my homepage today, msn.com, there was an article entitled “10 Things to Never Buy New”. And guess what number one was? You got it…books! There reasoning for not buying new books was that they rarely get read more than once and you can find them for a fraction of the price at [...]

Not My Daughter

Book: Not My Daughter Author: Barbara Delinsky Short Summary: Susan Tate was a single mother at 17. Shunned from her family, she moved out to Maine to start a life for herself and her daughter, Lily. 17 years later, when Lily announces that she is pregnant, Susan, now the principal of the local high school, [...]