The Cross-Country Quilters by Jennifer Chiaverini My rating: 3 of 5 starsThis is not my usual cup ‘o tea as far as the type of book I read, but it was given to me with praise. It is a quaint book and possibly what I needed after the mind blurring time-traveling of my last book. [...]
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Posted in Books, Reviews, tagged Books, quilts on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Did it live up to the hype?
Posted in Books, Reviews, tagged Books, review on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger My review rating: 4 of 5 stars I stayed away from the computer and up into the wee hours to finish The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. This is the author’s debut novel and I must say, I am impressed. I am not a lover of love [...]
Book reviews
Posted in Reviews, tagged Books on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Life of Pi by Yann Martel My review rating: 3 of 5 starsI finished this today and am left with mixed feelings. Overall, I enjoyed my time spent reading the story. I struggle with the fact that I did not like the character Pi. At all. There is the line “I have a story that [...]
The Kite Runner
Posted in Reviews, tagged Books on June 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini My review rating: 5 of 5 stars This book moved me. The writing was straight-forward and clear, beautiful and descriptive. I had heard and read such wonderful things about this book and I was worried that it may not live up to its reputation – it did and then [...]
