The Christmas Cookie Club, by Ann Pearlman.
I am the head cookie bitch and this is my party.
The Christmas cookie club is always on the first Monday of December. Mark it on your calendar.
I only read the front flap of this book when I checked it out of the library, so it was a surprise to later read the back flap (author's bio) and see that not...
Friday, February 26, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
The Swan Thieves
The Swan Thieves, by Elizabeth Kostova.
Marriages are like certain books, a story where you turn the last page and you think it's over, and then there's an epilogue, and after that you're inclined to go on wondering about the characters or imagining that their lives continue without you, dear reader. Until you forget most of that book, you're stuck...
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Ford County
Ford County, by John Grisham.
Although I like Grisham's books, I am not a big short story fan (thereby making me a hypocrite, since all I write are short stories!), but this one was very good. All of the stories take place in Ford County, Mississippi, which was also the setting for Grisham's first novel, A Time to Kill. The stories were all great...
