3.75 out of 4 stars. We should all wish to meet someone like Olive, at least for the sarcasm! Crosby, Maine is just a little dot on the map. If one…
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“Circling the Sun” – Paula McLain
3.2 out of 4 stars. A strong send off but a boring descent. I have never read a book based around Africa before. Yes, England is depicted in this story…
“A Spool of Blue Thread” – Anne Tyler
“snoozefest” 3.2 out of 4 stars. This is the longest piece of thread ever to be spooled. It just keeps going on and on and it is representative of this…
“The Memory Keeper’s Daughter” – Kim Edwards
3.4 out of 4 stars. This book makes you think. Nowadays we have tests that one can take while pregnant to see if their baby will have any birth defects.…
“A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman
You will fall in love with Ove even though he doesn’t even want you to like him. 3.5 out of 4 stars. Ove is a 59 year old man who…
“Go Set a Watchman” – Harper Lee
3.5 out of 4 stars. This book leaves you thinking. I had to read “To Kill a Mockingbird” in high school. It was one of those books that I remember…
“The Invention of Wings” – Sue Monk Kidd
3.7 out of 4. Talk about a powerful pair of sisters! This book takes place in the early 1800s in Charleston, South Carolina. The reader is introduced to Hetty “Handful”…
“Orphan Train” – Christina Baker Kline
3.8 out of 4 stars. A part of American history that I wish never occurred. A historic fictional piece based in the early 1900s when orphans used to be hauled across country…