My Rating: 3 out of 5 stars This book is about an elderly and ill Japanese woman, Shoko, who had a falling out with her brother many years ago and wants her daughter to go to Japan and make peace with him on her behalf. The book describes this falling out in Shoko’s youth and what her [...]
Archive for the ‘Dramatic Fiction’ Category
Book Review: How to be an American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway
Posted in 3 Stars, Book Reviews, Dramatic Fiction, Fiction, General Posts on September 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Book Review: Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
Posted in 3.5 Stars, Dramatic Fiction on May 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars An entertaining epic a lot like Beaches. Serious nostalgia if you were a teenage girl in the 1970s. I’ve obviously had some reading time on my hands! This was a book I really ‘tucked in’ to, the term I use to describe me being drawn in and wrapped up in a (usually epic) [...]
Book Review: Room by Emma Donoghue
Posted in 4.5 Stars, Book Reviews, Dramatic Fiction on May 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars About the Book* Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, “Room” is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another.To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. [...]
Book Review: Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese
Posted in 4.5 Stars, Book Reviews, Dramatic Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction on January 17, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars About the Book An epic novel that spans continents and generations, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, compassion and redemption, exile and home that unfolds across five decades in India, Ethiopia, and America. Narrated by Marion Stone, the story begins even before Marion and [...]
Book Review: Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Posted in 4 Stars, Book Reviews, Dramatic Fiction, Young Adult on January 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Wow. The concept for this book was very unique and I thought it was really well executed. Here’s the gist: Samantha Kingston is a popular senior in high school. She goes to a party on a cold, rainy Friday night and it turns out to be her last – she [...]
Book Review: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Posted in 4 Stars, Book Reviews, Dramatic Fiction on August 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Who will like it best: Women 20+ Words to describe it: Satisfying, Enlightening, Touching Will I add it to my personal library? Yes, for lending Will I read it again someday? No The Help has been on the Hardcover Fiction Bestseller list for 70 weeks and will be available in paperback [...]
Book Review: Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
Posted in 2.5 Stars, Book Reviews, Dramatic Fiction, tagged 2.5 stars, book, dramatic, emily giffin, fiction, heart of the matter, review on August 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars Who will like it best: Women 20+, especially wives and mothers, casual readers Words to describe it: Tame, flimsy, depressing Will I add it to my personal library? No Will I read it again someday? No I requested this book from the library when it was still on the New York [...]
The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
Posted in 4 Stars, Book Reviews, Dramatic Fiction, Mystery/Suspense on July 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Rating 4 out of 5 stars Who will like it best: Women 20+ Words to describe it: Realistic, Touching, Mysterious Will I add it to my personal library? No Will I read it again someday? No This is a good, solidly written book! It is a relatively easy read (I finished it in 4 nights) and would make a good airplane [...]
Book Review: Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
Posted in 5 Stars, Book Reviews, Dramatic Fiction, Young Adult on July 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars I’m getting this right out of the way: this novel is one of my favorites of all time. I’ve read it twice of the past 3 years and I plan to read it again soon. My primary reason for feeling so strongly about this book is because I truly [...]
The Beach House by Jane Green
Posted in 3.5 Stars, Book Reviews, Dramatic Fiction on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars I’ve found that how well you like a novel depends on what you expected from it to begin with. If you expect a book to deliver something specific to you (tears, suspense, a thrill, etc.) and it doesn’t, you don’t like the book. If it meets what you expected you like it, [...]
