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This is the second novel by Julia Glass.  Her first was “Three Junes” which was a national best-seller.  Having not read “Three Junes” yet, I decided to read “The Whole World Over” based on the great reviews given to “Three Junes.”
In this book, Greenie Duquette, a bakery owner in Manhattan, supplies some of the area […]

This book is a collection of stories from many different contributors that all have one theme in common – knitting or the fibers used in knitting.  The stories are from people who knit, who spin yarn, who know people who knit, have received knitted gifts, and who are young, middle-aged, old, married, single, in a […]

This is the sixth book in a series called the “Revenge of the Sisterhood” series. The entire series is all about “girl power.”
With some books that are part of a series it’s not necessary to read the books in the order they were written to be able to enjoy each of the books to […]

This is the story of three teenage boys; Eric, Kent and Tad. They, along with the families, spend their summer in Phantom Lake. All three boys and their families are from the Chicago area; and for the past several years Kent and Tad’s families have spent their summers in Phantom Lake (a […]

My local library has a program each year that encourage everyone to read and discuss the same book. They make a bunch of the selected book available so several people can check it out at the same time. This year’s book is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. It’s the 50th anniversary edition […]

As part of my ongoing tribute to Sidney Sheldon, who passed away recently, I’m re-reading his novels and reviewing them. He was a wonderful writer. I came to know his writing through reading his fiction books. If you haven’t read his books, I suggest you do. If you have read them, […]

In tribute to Sidney Sheldon, a great writer who passed away January 30, 2007 at the age of 89, I’m going to review his books. If you were a reader of popular fiction in the 1980’s and early part of the 1990’s, you probably read a few of his books.
Sheldon was quoted in a […]

This is one of the books in the Elm Creek Quilt series by Jennifer Chiaverini, her seventh. Although it’s the seventh book she’s written in the series, this one takes us back in time to a few years before the Civil War in the United States, a time frame that is chronologically the earliest […]

Mary Higgins Clark is the author or co-author of over 30 books, many of them best-selling suspense stories. Carol Higgins Clark is her daughter and has written several books of her own along with a few that she’s co-authored with her mother.
Because I’ve read most of Mary Higgins Clark’s books and have enjoyed most […]

Christmas Letters is the third Debbie Macomber book I have read. What I like best about her books is the close knit communities she builds in her books. It makes me feel a little removed from today’s hustle and bustle world where people don’t know and don’t care to know their neighbors; […]