The Girl from the Train provides something a bit different than many of the WWII novels I've read in the recent past. In terms of geography, the settings are primarily Poland and South Africa. While both lands are richly described, I felt I learned a lot about the terrain and culture of South Africa during the period. I appreciated the details that made it very obvious that the author had ...
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Review of “What Was Mine” by Helen Klein Ross
It's been quite a while since I've read a book offered such an original idea and fresh perspective. What Was Mine had me up and reading at 4am. As a parent, reading a book about a baby's kidnapping is always unsettling. Most of us have experienced at least one brief moment of terror when our eyes weren't quick enough in their search for our children. Most of us are lucky enough to have feeling ...
Review of “The Guest Room” by Chris Bohjalian
Thanks to Doubleday Books via NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This book was disturbing and sickening on many levels but it did keep me turning the pages... It wasn't just the subject of human sex trafficking that I found myself objecting to. That was, of course, difficult to read but it was more than that. I really disliked all of the ...
Review of “I’ll See You in Paris” by Michelle Gable
Thanks to St. Martin's Press via NetGalley for providing me with a free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Beginning at a their horse farm in Virginia, then alternating between 1970's and 1990's Paris and England, I'll See You in Paris is the story of a mother and daughter reconciling the past with their present. Though it is narrated in alternating time periods, and there are ...
Review of “The Swans of Fifth Avenue” by Melanie Benjamin
Thanks to Random House Publishing Group Ballantine via NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. In The Swans of Fifth Avenue, Melanie Benjamin gives us a delicious glimpse into the lives of the "original " Housewives of NYC. In the 1950's, these ladies - Babe Paley, Slim Keith, Gloria Guinness, CZ Guest, Pamela Churchill - and the company they ...
Review of “Summit Lake” by Charlie Donlea
Thanks to Kensington Books via NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The murder of law student Becca Eckersley is brutal. Clearly a crime of passion committed by someone who either loved or hated her very much. Beautiful and smart, she was not lacking for male attention. But finding out who is responsible will require some creative and ...
Review of “Lost Girls, DI Kim Stone #3)” by Angela Marsons
Thanks to Bookouture via NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Though I hadn't read the first to novels in this series, I had great hopes for this book based on the description and the positive reviews. Unfortunately, it didn't live up to my expectations. While the basic plot was intriguing - plotting the parents of two kidnapped girls against ...
Review of ”Carrying Albert Home” by Homer Hickam
Many thanks to HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Who couldn't love a book about a coal miner, his want-to-be-anything-other-than-a-coal-miner's-wife wife, her pet alligator, and a gratuitous rooster? Whimsical beginning with the Table of Contents, Carrying Albert Home is the story of how Elsie and Homer's marriage is ...
