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I’m a fan of Mary Higgins Clark and have been reading her books for years.  Although I haven’t read all of them (she’s written over 20), I’ve ready many of them.  The ending was a surprise to me in the first several books of hers I read.  In the last few books, including this one, […]

This book is Paula Marantz Cohen’s third fiction book. She’s also written several non-fiction books. The main character of this book, Anne Ehrlich, is the head guidance counselor at Fenimore High School. She’s very dedicated to her job and is willing to go over and above the normal call of duty to […]

This is the second book by Eileen Rendahl I’ve read. It was a fun book to read, but it also had messages in it about anger and how today’s society seems to boil, explode, and let that anger come out in unproductive and harmful ways. This book took a close look at one […]

You may have read about this book in the news last year. It was written by a young Harvard student who, since the book was published earlier this year, has been accused of plagiarism which has resulted in the book being removed from the market. I don’t know whether that removal is temporary […]

This book was released in its hardcover edition in August of 2006. The paperback edition of it will be available starting April 24, 2007.
Meghan and Bridget are the two main characters in the book but it is told in narrative fashion by Bridget. She is in her early 40’s, is working at a […]

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 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 […]