Category: Book Reviews
01
Apr
The Girl Who Fell From The Sky book review
by Sarah Romano
6 Comments
"At school everything about black history you learn in one month....the main ones are slavery and how Lincoln made the slaves free, how there were...
29
Mar
Paris Was Ours by Penelope Rowlands Book Review
by Sarah Romano
5 Comments
Paris Was Ours, an anthology of essays by Penelope Rowlands, published by Algonquin Books on February 8, 2011, 288 pages. Paris Was Ours is a...
18
Mar
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana Book Review
by Sarah Romano
6 Comments
"The Dressmaker Of Khair Khana gives voice to many of our world's unsung heroes. Against all odds, these young women created hope and community, and...
17
Mar
Entertaining Books for Children with New Glasses
by Dick Leonardo
No Comments
A recent report on ABC News stated that around two-thirds of children believe that people who wear glasses are more honest and smarter. While researchers...
06
Mar
The Girl In The Green Raincoat Book Review
by Sarah Romano
6 Comments
"She had not planned to be a mother, but she had not planned not to be a mother. Her whole life was governed by accidents...
26
Feb
Keep A Little Secret Book Review
by Sarah Romano
8 Comments
Three people come to the town of Sawyer, Oklahoma, in 1939, with different purposes. Charlotte comes from Minnesota for her first school teaching job,
01
Feb
Book Review The Murderer's Daughters
by Sarah Romano
6 Comments
The Murderer's Daughters grabs you by the hand and pulls you into the lives of Lulu, ten, and Merry, five, from its very first page!...
15
Jan
The Swan Thieves Book Review
by Sarah Romano
10 Comments
The Swan Thieves is a book interwoven, like a rich tapestry, with the stories of men and women in the present and the past, showing...
24
Dec
The Devotion Of Suspect X Book Review
by Sarah Romano
7 Comments
Not many detective stories begin with most of the details of the murder, follow the investigation, and then lead you to the true meaning of...
30
Nov
The Christmas Journey Book Review
by Sarah Romano
7 Comments
“I wrote The Christmas Journey several years ago for a church banquet. I read it as a narrative then, as a reminder, and still do...
18
Oct
Chosen Book Review
by Sarah Romano
4 Comments
Creating a composite of characters and cases from her experiences at an adoption agency in Portland, Oregon (preceded by working with babies at a Romanian...
18
Oct
An Object of Beauty Book Review
by Sarah Romano
6 Comments
An Object Of Beauty is a novel about money, a novel in which Lacey Yaeger, in her 20’s, learns that “an object of beauty” is...
05
Oct
Barnacle Love Book Review
by Sarah Romano
4 Comments
In Barnacle Love, protagonist Manuel truly hopes to establish a new life in a new land, so he leaves Azores (a Portuguese Island) where he’s...
30
Sep
The Lost Child, A Mother’s Story Book Review
by Sarah Romano
4 Comments
“You can make your babies and you can love them with every single cell of your being, but you can’t make them safe, you can’t...
29
Sep
Book Review Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
by Sarah Romano
4 Comments
Mini Shopaholic, a novel by Sophie Kinsella, published as a Dial Press Hardcover on September 21, 2010, 432 pages. Curling up with a Sophie Kinsella...
16
Sep
The Life You've Imagined Book Review
by Sarah Romano
5 Comments
“Paint the color of dried blood has begun to peel. One front window shutter is missing and the other is leaning sideways as if trying...
16
Sep
What To Wear For The Rest Of Your Life Book Review
by Sarah Romano
4 Comments
This is not just a how-to book – the author also tells us about personal clothing she wore in her 20’s and what she plans...
16
Sep
The Lucky Ones Book Review
by Sarah Romano
4 Comments
Written by a historian (and with ten years of research in the making!), The Lucky Ones none-the-less does not read like a boring tract. The...