Date started: April 27, 2012 Date finished: April 29, 2012 Rachel Morse, a biracial girl whose mother is Danish and whose father is a black G.I., survives a terrible tragedy that claims the lives of her mother, brother, and baby sister. After the accident Rachel’s grandmother, Miss Doris, takes her home … Continue reading
Date started: April 23, 2012 Date finished: April 27, 2012 I am going to apologize in advance for the length of this review. I didn’t mean for it to go on as long as it did, but I had a lot more to say about this book than I had … Continue reading
Date started: April 17, 2012 Date finished: April 22, 2012 Life of Pi is the story of a young Indian boy named Piscine Molitor Patel — who goes by Pi to avoid vulgar bastardizations of his given name — who travels with his family to Canada on a Japanese cargo ship … Continue reading
Date started: April 16, 2012 Date finished: April 17, 2012 Honestly, I wish I had read the description for this one a little more carefully before beginning it. I had seen this book on the New York Times Bestsellers List and figured if it was good enough to make the list, … Continue reading
Date started: April 9, 2012 Date finished April 14, 2012 I had wanted to read Little Bee for at least a year and a half, so I’m surprised it’s taken me this long to get around to it. The only reason it took me as long to finish it as it did … Continue reading
Date started: April 6, 2012 Date finished: April 9, 2012 I read Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter based on my mother’s recommendation. It is the story of two men in Mississippi, Larry Ott and Silas “32” Jones. Larry is accused of kidnapping and murdering two women, and Silas, who is the town constable … Continue reading
I just finished reading two wonderful historical fiction novels by Michelle Moran: Nefertiti and The Heretic Queen. I read them both in a day and a half and, as much as I read, I only finish books that quickly if they are really well-written or very engaging. Moran’s novels were both, and every time … Continue reading
