Mary likes fiction. Mary will never have time in her life to read all the fiction she would like to read.
Quality vs quantity in a book that ponders a multitude of topics in a precise manner. Offill is a writer we are fortunate to experience. 200 pages, 6 short chapters = ideal for one weekend read.
Graham and Annie are that fun couple everyone enjoys that host dinner parties in their charming home. He is the owner of a bookstore in Cambridge and she is a photographer. Watch Annie find her way back after loss.
Fellow bookseller Straub, of Books Are Magic, works her own magic writing a pitch-perfect family novel. Her characters are engaging in all their ways and interactions.
Reading this made me want to grab a camera and a journal and go on a journey. Patti Smith pays attention to the little and big things.
I had Stockholm Syndrome upon reading this book. Being held hostage with these characters was the perfect escape. Laugh, cry, laugh, cry...
This book is about humanity - how we live, how we die, and most importantly when we suffer, how we survive.
This well-written suspense novel uses multiple narrators to keep the story of deceit in the Lake Tahoe setting moving at a page-turning quick pace. Just the distraction I needed!
I quoted this book nonstop! It made me laugh and was so well-written. I wanted more!
In the '60's four young siblings visit a psychic who tells each of them the day they will die. Would you live your life differently if you knew the date of your death? Would you want to know? Free will or fate? These and other questions are surrounded by beautiful writing that keeps you turning the pages to find the answers.
This book might break your heart as it beautifully tells a story of AIDS in the 1980's in Chicago but it will also make you reflective on close relationships and what it means to be a family. Throw in art and Paris to balance it all out.
The fog in this San Francisco area based story draws a perfect parallel to the question of how well we know the other members of our family. Brown draws you in as you slowly discover the truth regarding the disappearance of the wife/mom in her creative fictional tale.
Bit is born to idealist parents as they become founding members of a commune in the 70's. His observations throughout his life are gorgeous.
--Mary
A must read for lovers of music, road trips, or just anyone who has obsessed over relationships! I should have read this ten years ago!
Alternating in time 150 years apart, the main characters inhabit a once utopian village in New Jersey. Kingsolver employs her usual stellar science expertise in this tale of academia and friendship.
Casey has had a few setbacks including the devastating recent loss of her mother. Her writing life, while living in a tiny rental in Cambridge MA, while also supporting herself as a waitress, is compromised, but you will cheer her on!
Goldberg masterfully uses words to provide snapshots of a photographer's life in this compelling novel.
The settings of this story - taking place in Nice and London - will provide as much escape as the many surprises within the fast-paced plot.
This is such a profound novel written in alternating various voices which are connected via a shared event. So moving and redemptive.
How refreshing! This memoir is creative, honest, and beautifully written. Read one letter and savor. And, admire Parker's talent. Then, repeat!
