Reviews by Katherine W. (El Sobrante, CA)

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The Arsonist: A novel
by Sue Miller
BLT without the Bacon (8/16/2014)
This book had great characters and a number of intriguing running plot lines which all seemed to just trail off at the end. It seemed as if the author just got tired of writing and stopped, without an effort to tie together the plot lines or even to resolve them separately.more
The Man From Saigon: A Novel
by Marti Leimbach
Jungle Love (3/2/2010)
Although I was slow to warm up to "The Man From Saigon", by the time I was well into the narrative, the book was almost impossible to put down. Marti Lembach's writing was so evocative of the suffocating heat found in the Viet Nam jungle that I found myself breaking outmore
Baking Cakes in Kigali
by Gaile Parkin
When it comes to writing books Gaile Parkin is a very impressive Somebody! (6/14/2009)
"Baking Cakes in Kigale", a first novel by Gaile Parkin, Takes place in Rwanda some years after the civil war. Each chapter is titled after an occasion for which the main character, Angel Tungaraza, has been hired to bake one of her famous cakes. In getting to know themore
Can't Remember What I Forgot: The Good News from the Front Lines of Memory Research
by Sue Halpern
A thought provoking read...... (6/11/2008)
I found this book to be well written except for a few tortuous run-on sentences. The writer brought her readers along with her on her journey through Alzheimer's research. The fact the she allowed herself to become a subject of many of the research protocols made themore
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