Reviews

Let’s play a little word association game for a minute: If I say the word Siberia, what do you think of?  For me, the words would be Cold, Desolate, Punishment.  I suspect for most of us, that’s what we conjure in our minds when we hear the word.
Not for the sixty year old narrator of [...]

Carrie Host did not write Between Me and the River for me.  I don’t have cancer, I don’t have children, and I’m really not sure I’ve ever even known someone personally who had cancer. I felt really distant from the subject matter.
Before I go any further, I read this book twice.  First I got almost [...]

I was sucked in on the very first page and hooked by page 8.  By page 129, I thought I had the story figured out, and by the last few chapters I was giddy because the author got one, or two, and even three over on me.
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield assaulted the reader [...]

Have you ever wondered how to draft proof the front door?  or how to double dig?  Or what about, how to wash cashmere or how to baby-proof your home?  or how to tie different knots and how to pitch tents – the old fashion ones, not the new-fangled ones you can buy? Well, these and [...]

The Twelve by William Gladstone, due to hit the market in September, is a book about a man named Max and what might possibly happen on December 12, 2012 and how it will happen. Its not really clear what will happen in the book if Max doesn’t succeed in his mission, but my understanding is [...]