The lives of the rich and famous hold great fascination for us regular folks. Yes, I love to watch the movie stars on the red carpet and critique gowns and suits. When it comes to books, I sometimes take similar …
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“A Good American” is a compelling, fairly easy read about a German couple who journey to America in the late 1800s. They wind up in Missouri (via New Orleans) and struggle with many hardships along the way. George has clearly …
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From the first line, “Bill is gone,” I was pulled into the story of Lilly, an Irish lass who is forced to leave her homeland shortly after WWI to save her own life and that of her fiancé, Tadg. The …
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I liked the book (although at the beginning, it’s a little hard to keep the characters straight) because the letters speak in different voices, and at the end you don’t want the book to end. It is a correspondence between …
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Why I Checked It Out: This book and its first-time author are getting a lot of buzz, including being short-listed for the Orange Prize, which recognizes outstanding female authors. Why I Recommend It: It would be easy to label this …
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The next installment of “Short Books for Busy Readers” is here! The Pianist in the Dark by Michéle Halberstadt 140 pages Maria Theresia, the only child of the Austrian Imperial Secretary Joseph von Paradis, is a beautiful, intelligent and talented …
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