Fiction

  • The Night Circus

    The buzz around this book has been insane, so I didn’t know what to expect going into the book. Something about magic, a romance certainly, and judging by the flowery cover and even more flowery synopsis, a complete lack of humor. Turns out I was right on all counts. Is that bad? Certainly not, and…

  • The Casual Vacancy

    I’m sure I was one of many Harry Potter fans who bought J.K. Rowling’s new adult novel, The Casual Vacancy, on day one. I decided to go ahead and review it as well, mostly because I’m sure there are other readers who have the same question I did: “If I loved Harry Potter, will I…

  • Bond Girl

    In the same style as roman à clef books The Nanny Diaries and The Devil Wears Prada, Bond Girl takes on Wall Street, illuminating the excesses, sexual harassment, and hazing type working conditions for women as they take on one of the last bastions of the “old boy club”. While I can’t say that I…

  • Butlers by Gwen Andrews

    This sounded exactly to my taste: Chick lit set in London, featuring a heroine trying to open a restaurant. Within a few pages I knew I’d gone wrong since this clearly isn’t chick lit. And, while the heroine does open a restaurant in London, she and the rest of the characters are completely unlikeable. This…

  • Tomorrow River

    Ah, the summer of ’69. I didn’t get to enjoy it (or remember it if I did) being only an infant, but apparently it was really something. There are songs. There are books. There are undoubtedly films. This latest offering introduces us to Shenny and Woody Carmody as they face entering the turbulent teens without…

  • The Lost Symbol

    The Lost Symbol isn’t my first book by Dan Brown, but I’m pretty sure it will be my last. I don’t really think any of his books hold up to close scrutiny, but in the past I’ve found them entertaining in an exciting, page-turner kind of way. I picked this up hoping for more of…

  • The Snow Globe

    I read The Snow Globe in a very festive mood. The story was not exactly what I was expecting. When I get a book this length, I don’t expect Gone with the Wind style characterizations. But still, the breakneck speed of the three connected stories left me feeling disoriented, dizzy, and not very cheery. Kylie…

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