I'm not sure I can give a proper review, but I've finally made it halfway through.  This has been a difficult and disappointing read for me.  And let me tell you why! I have a really hard time buying into Atwood's dystopia.  It's just not realistic for me in so many different ways, every time… Continue reading Might Include Spoilers – Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Title: Pachinko Author: Min Jin Lee Year Published: 2017 Format: Kindle eBook, 490 pp Summary: Profoundly moving and gracefully told, PACHINKO follows one Korean family through the generations, beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the prized daughter of a poor yet proud family, whose unplanned pregnancy threatens to shame them. Betrayed by her wealthy… Continue reading Review – Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Title: Salt Houses Author: Hala Alyan Year Published: 2017 Format: Hardcover, 320 pp Summary: On the eve of her daughter Alia’s wedding, Salma reads the girl’s future in a cup of coffee dregs. She sees an unsettled life for Alia and her children; she also sees travel, and luck. While she chooses to keep her predictions to herself… Continue reading Review – Salt Houses by Hala Alyan

Title: The Masterpiece Author: Francine Rivers Year Published: 2018 Format: Kindle eBook, 512 pp Summary: New York Times bestselling author Francine Rivers returns to her romance roots with this unexpected and redemptive love story, a probing tale that reminds us that mercy can shape even the most broken among us into an imperfect yet stunning masterpiece. A… Continue reading Review – The Masterpiece by Francine Rivers

Title: An American Marriage Author: Tayari Jones Year Published: 2018 Format: Hardcover, 320 pp Summary: Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of… Continue reading Review – An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

I read several graphic novels/comic books this month.  They tend to be a good way for me to break up my longer reads.  So, here are some thoughts about those.  🙂 Title: Adulthood is a Myth Author: Sarah Andersen Year Published: 2016 Format: Library Paperback, 112 pp Summary: These casually drawn, perfectly on-point comics by the… Continue reading Graphic Novel/Comic Reviews

Title: A Separate Peace Author: John Knowles Year Published: 1959 Format: Library Paperback, 204 pp Summary: An American classic and great bestseller for over thirty years, A Separate Peace is timeless in its description of adolescence during a period when the entire country was losing its innocence to the second world war. Set at a boys boarding school… Continue reading Review – A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Title: The Cutting Season Author: Attica Locke Year Published: 2012 Format: Library Hardcover, 384 pp Summary: Caren Gray is the general manager of Belle Vie, a sprawling antebellum plantation where the past and the present coexist uneasily. The estate’s owners have turned the place into an eerie tourist attraction complete with full-dress reenactments and carefully… Continue reading Review – The Cutting Season by Attica Locke