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Something Like Beautiful: One Single Mother's Story
by Asha Bandele
Something Like Beautiful (12/3/2008)
This book never engaged me. Usually, within the first few chapters of a book, I want to read more or never put the book down. Not so with "Something Like Beautiful". The writing trailed on without direction and seemed repetitive at times when describing the author's lifemore
The Book of Unholy Mischief: A Novel
by Elle Newmark
The Book of Unholy Mischief (10/24/2008)
This is a very enjoyable book that takes the reader back to Medieval Italy. It is a book with many points of interest: the love and creation of culinary delights, the search for a book purported to hold some valuable secrets, and the development of some lovely relationships;more
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