The House We Grew Up In
Don’t get me wrong, I am not belittling the problems these characters and so many real people face. It’s only that the author, in the name of dysfunction, has piled every family problem in existence into 400 pages.
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All the Light We Cannot See
This book took me a little getting used to. Like an engine sputtering to life, the characters and events started making sense after the first few chapters. The imagery is so rich, you have to adjust your eyes to the brightness before you can see it.
Before We Visit the Goddess
What a beautiful story of the fragile yet resilient relationship between mothers and daughters. This is a must read!
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
I am a sucker for war stories, especially the ones set during WWII. I’ve read a few of them, some true stories and some fiction, but Kristin Hannah’s ‘The Nightingale’… Read more »
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
When was the last time a book made you cry? I remember when I first read ‘Little Women’. I was okay until the scene where Jo cuts off her lovely… Read more »
3 year olds are A**holes by Sarah Fader
Just when I had decided that terrible twos were a real thing, turns out three is just as bad! Last week, M, my almost 2.5- year old rubbed a whole… Read more »
The Sandalwood Tree by Elle Newmark
“Death steals everything but our stories”. The Sandalwood Tree begins with this quote from one of its main characters, Adela Winfield, a ‘memsahib’ living in India in 1857. It’s her… Read more »
The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman is a real-life war story. This is the story of Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who ran the Warsaw Zoo in the 1930s. When Germany… Read more »
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
Remember my Library Haul post? It’s almost a month later and I’ve managed (finally) to finish ‘Leaving Time’ by Jodi Picoult. I wonder if that is the author’s real name or her… Read more »
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
I was drowning…under historical fiction. I surfaced to breathe, went to Costco for groceries and I found a book which was on some list (don’t remember which one) of must-read… Read more »