The last time I read Danielle Steel, I was thirteen years old. But of course I’ve been aware of her as a publishing phenomenon – millions devour her books, and although they say “Fiction” on the spine, for lots of people, romance means Steel. That’s why I volunteered to review The Kiss. Isabelle Forrester is…
Although most authors are advised to write what you know, it might be more appropriate to suggest they write what they feel. Bebe Moore Campbell’s writing is proof that an African-American woman can write believably from any perspective. Her first book, Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine read like a lighter Toni Morrison, and her next…
The premise of the story is this: A woman, widowed for slightly over a year, is now visibly pregnant. Given those circumstances, she – and the identify of the father – become the center of speculation by the neighborhood women who both shun her and desperately wish that she would reveal the answer to the…
Though I’ve read a couple of Susan Sizemore’s romance novels, she’s gone in an entirely diffferent direction with this series. A romantic element remains, but be warned: these are not kind and gentle vampires. While the books in Laws of the Blood are genre novels, the genre is horror – not romance. Olympias, Alexander the…
Lake Henry, New Hampshire was the backdrop for Lake News, which first introduced the characters in this, Ms. Delinsky’s latest offering, An Accidental Woman. Since the story follows the fates of two of the local residents, I’m not sure which of them was “accidental” or if the title alludes to both women; I’m not even…
Flip-Flopped is Jill Smolinski’s debut novel. She has promise, to be sure, and while I will look for her next effort, this one’s not worth the hardcover pricetag. The plot can be summed up as follows: Keely Baker-Kekhui is going through a rough time. First of all, she lives in Hawaii, far away from her…
It’s been quite a while since I’ve read one of those impossibly unrealistic life-among-the-rich books. And, after finishing this one, I’m reminded of all the reasons why I’ve stayed away for so long. In this book every character is either all bad or all good. Our heroine is beautiful, sweet, nicer than she should be…
Reading The Mulberry Tree was like watching somebody else’s home movies. Somebody you don’t know very well, and don’t really like all that much. Never mind that they charged you $25 (hardcover) for the privilege. With the exception of a beta hero who managed to capture my interest, I’m still shaking my head at what…
True to Form was an unexpected delight. I had Elizabeth Berg pegged in my mind as the author of sad, depressing novels – and that’s without my ever having read one. What’s that they say about judging a book by its cover? Well, I’m wrong, at least about this one. Instead of being sad, this…
If there is one word that describes Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, it will have to be harrowing. But it is also compulsive, and perceptive, and heartbreaking. First published in 1986, it’s been dissected in countless student papers and erudite commentaries. But a raving review about such a classic never comes too late. In her…
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