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Reviews by Kay B. (Lake Jackson, TX)

The Good Luck Girls of Shipwreck Lane
by Kelly Harms

Enjoyable Read (5/8/2013)

The Good Luck Girls of Shipwreck Lane was very fun to read, combining characters with unusual life situations with an interesting setting and cooking as the back story. I love books with characters who enjoy cooking and this one will make you want to get in the kitchen. The …more

The Forgetting Tree: A Novel
by Tatjana Soli

Unsatisfying Read (8/23/2012)

In The Forgetting Tree the motives of the two main women characters were difficult to relate to. While it was easy to feel sympathy for their circumstances, their continued bizarre behaviors became uncomfortable and disappointing. They weren't characters I thought about for …more

Wife 22: A Novel
by Melanie Gideon

Insider's Look at Marriage (4/11/2012)

I thoroughly enjoyed this story of a marriage, friendship, and parenthood told through the tools of modern technology. As the “wife” answers questions from an online marriage survey, readers who have been married at least 15 years will be able to relate to her revealing …more

Outside Wonderland: A Novel
by Lorna Jane Cook

Outside Wonderland (2/8/2011)

I loved this book! Lorna Jane Cook writes about our earthly tragedies from an eternal perspective in a poignant yet matter-of-fact way. The settings provide interesting back ground and the characters realistically tug at your heartstrings. The author's descriptions draw in …more

The Clouds Beneath the Sun
by Mackenzie Ford

The Clouds Beneath the Sun, McKenzie Ford (7/13/2010)

The story of a 28 year old British woman's participation on an archeological dig in Kenya was very enjoyable on many levels. Although the descriptions of her past relationships with her family and her lover drag somewhat the overall story is suspenseful and ends with many …more

The Possibility of Everything
by Hope Edelman

The Possibility of Everything, A Memoir by Hope Edelman (7/29/2009)

I thoroughly enjoyed and recommend this book especially to mothers who will identify with Hope’s feelings and actions regarding her three year old daughter’s illness and behavioral issues. I found myself second-guessing the author as she employed different strategies to …more

Murder in Mykonos
by Jeffrey Siger

Murder in Mykonos (11/1/2008)

The first few chapters of the book were a little slow and left me wondering if the author was really going to make me care enough about any of the characters to keep reading. He did succeed, however, in developing the characters and the plot so that the suspense built and …more

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