Almost French was the pick for the non-fiction book discussion in February. So let me sum up the evening for you: If you loved Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert there is a slight, and I mean slight chance you may like Almost French. Lots of comparisons here: finding yourself, finding love, finding and eating … Continue reading
You Don’t Own Me is the fifth entry in the Under Suspicion series in which the main character, television producer Laurie Moran, and her team create programs where they go back and try to solve cold murder cases. Titles in this series can be read as standalones, as the authors do a good job in … Continue reading
Earlier this year, I wrote a blog on Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney, saying that so far this was my favorite novel of the year. Now, sadly, I am going to blog about my least favorite novel of the year, Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty. That’s right – her newest title. I really, … Continue reading
If you are planning to read this book, here is what you need to be or need to have done: An architect (this wins hands-down!) An art historian (you could probably have been an art history major, but you would need to have memorized lots of dates. And I mean lots!) A physicist (with a … Continue reading
Lab Girl is the most recent Non-Fiction Book Discussion pick, and participants for the most part said they enjoyed the book. It is the memoir of Hope Jahren, a geobiologist and teacher. Divided into three sections, it chronicles her hopes and dreams, as well as her setbacks. The first section discusses her early years growing … Continue reading
Remember reading The Hunger Games and its sequels? Did you wish there was a true (and I mean true) read-alike? Well, look no further. This gem, The Testing, is also in our Teen Department and is also a trilogy. It is sometime in the future, and there has been a catastrophic event that the people … Continue reading
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has nothing on Lars Kepler’s The Sandman. This has to be the darkest book I have ever read. The first few pages are a mixture of Silence of the Lambs and In Cold Blood. And it never stops! Chapter One begins with a young man stumbling around a railroad … Continue reading
