On My Bookshelf...

Kate Atkinson is probably my favorite living author (though, as a rule, I'm not prone to absolute statements - hence, "probably...

THE PRISONER OF HEAVEN by Carlos Ruiz Zafon: While the note from Julian Carax suggests that the three books in the series (THE SHADOW OF TH...

What to say about Alfred Buber, charming miscreant, buttoned-up attorney, purveyor of ethically questionable sexual services, a man remini...

ONE OF OUR THURSDAYS IS MISSING by Jasper Fforde: This is the sixth book in Jasper Fforde's brilliant metafictional, science-fictional,...

You've got to admire a book whose cover is decorated with gold seals and entitled Winner of the National Book Award. I realize that a...

What an extraordinary first novel. Rebecca Hunt has taken an audacious, ambitious premise, and executed it in an insightful, rich way. W...

Books don't often shock me. I read so much that I seem to be in tune with the narrative flow, I see plot twists coming from miles awa...

The Lawyer's Secret by M. E. Braddon was originally published in 1862, and was recently reprinted by Hesperus Press with a foreword by...

And, even in the midst of the Book Blogger Appreciation Week fun, we still have actual book blogging to do... Seducing the Spirits by Louis...

"Original" and "ambitious" can mean almost anything in a review, depending on context. Original ideas may be ill-advi...

The Double Bind was our January book club pick. I actually suggested this one to the group after reading reviews about it. To me it sounded ...

Holly's excellent review right here ! Jamie Ford's debut novel, a story of first love against the backdrop of Japanese evacuation in...

My book club (really more of a wine and gossip club, but we do read...well, some of us do) chose Finding Nouf for our December book, and I f...

I borrowed this charming novel by Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows from Allison. Her review can be found here . I feel like this book has...

I wanted to read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows as soon as I read the description i...

The Master Bedroom by Tessa Hadley is the first book I've received through LibraryThing's Early Reviewer program. Oddly, I receive...

This was another Advanced Reader Copy from the Early Reviewers Group on LibraryThing. In America America, a young man, Corey Sifter is swept...

I really wanted this to be a five-star review, and if I had stopped around page 75, it would have been. Krauss is a fantastic writer, and t...

I give this book 3 out of 5 stars. Character development is really good overall. The story sort of ebbs and flows. I tended to be very inter...

I've been reading Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo. I LOVED Empire Falls. I really liked his style of writing and the depth of the char...