by Joseph Monniger
Gallery Books, 2010
My Rating: A
Eternal on the Water is a beautiful love story. It’s not a romance novel. And, yes, there is a difference. There is no silliness in this story. It’s a beautiful adult love story set primarily out of doors. What makes this a cut above the other love stories [...]
Nick Buckley seems to be one of those young women I associate with the 1920’s who spent her time floating around with no real cares. She’s the mistress of a big old house, End House, in a beautiful resort town. Her friends visit quite often. No one seems to have a job.
The “world’s greatest detective,” [...]
by Garth Stein
Harper, 2008
My Rating: C+
Synopsis (from Amazon)
If you’ve ever wondered what your dog is thinking, Stein’s third novel offers an answer. Enzo is a lab terrier mix plucked from a farm outside Seattle to ride shotgun with race car driver Denny Swift as he pursues success on the track and off.
Denny meets and marries [...]
Last month I introduced you to Charlotte (Charlie) McNally. She’s the (fictious) investigative reporter for Channel 3 News in Boston. She was the star in the book, Prime Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan. The author has written three more books.
All four of the books feature Charlie, and I’m glad they do. Charlie is a great character [...]
A high school English teacher introduced my mom to the books of Emilie Loring. Emilie Loring (and that teacher) started my mom on a life of reading. Mom didn’t keep a list of which books she read, but she believes she read about “a hundred” of them. Her librarian would always let her know when [...]
by Nora Roberts
Berkley Books, 2009
My Rating: B+
Several decades ago I picked up a Nora Roberts romance book and kept on reading every time she wrote a new one. Then she started trying out new twist to her stories. When she started with the paranormal stuff, I stopped reading her. Now she has a new series [...]
Getting recommendations for good places to eat is something all good foodies love to do. Jane and Michael Stern have been recommending such places for over thirty years. They have written numerous books on the subject, have a weekly spot on American Public Radio’s Splendid Table, a column in Gourmet Magazine, and an excellent website. [...]