I love epics. I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned that before on this blog, but I love a good epic. Gone With the Wind, (John Jakes’s) North and South, and The Thorn Birds all rank among my favorite books. The coming on of autumn put me in the mood to read a good epic [...]

After reading Leigh’s log about Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin, I had to check out the author for myself and I was not disappointed. Baby Proof was an enjoyable read. Emily has a talent for writing about real relationships and I felt connected to her characters. In fact I noticed a lot of  [...]

Sometimes, when I don’t know what to read next, I will pick up a book by Maeve Binchy. Ever since I read her book, Circle of Friends, I have wanted to read more of her novels. This time I reached for Tara Road. As always, Ms. Binchy has included a cast of [...]

I have read this book numerous times in the course of my life. It’s just one of those books that you throw into a box during the multiple times you move from apartment to apartment. I call it a comfort book. I know the ending but still enjoy reading it over and over again. Laura [...]

Allende in her last masterpiece will show us an internal, emotional and personal vision of slavery in the Caribbean during the colonial period. At the same time, we’ll share with Zarite her dreams, her pain, and her love in a journey thru exotic places, which ones are very influential to the way people act and [...]

Allende en su ultima obra nos muestra una vision interna, emotiva y totalmente personal de la esclavitud en el caribe durante el periodo colonial. A su vez, compartimos junto a Zarite sus sueños, su dolor, su pasion y su amor en un viaje por lugares exoticos, muy arraigados con la forma de ser, actuar y [...]

I have to admit that I did not read the first three books in Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling Twilight Series. I saw the movies and then I decided that I could not wait to find out how this saga ends. I began reading Breaking Dawn with a bewildered feeling about why Bella chose Edward [...]

Tessa and Nick have the perfect life. Or so everyone around them thinks. Nick is a pediatric plastic surgeon and Tessa has recently become a stay at home mom. They live in nice house in the Boston suburbs and have two beautiful young children. Until the night of their anniversary, when Nick’s pager goes off [...]

This book contains 13 stories that all involve Olive Kitteridge. The technique is an interesting one since we get to meet Olive through various characters’ eyes. Each chapter sheds a different light on the facets that make up Olive Kitteridge. However, it was difficult for me to finish this book because I [...]

Have you ever read a book that made you flinch as you were reading it? That was the case for me with Dark Places. Even though what I was reading made my stomach turn at times, I kept turning the pages—almost reading with just one eye opened and the other scrunched to the [...]