Us Against You (Beartown #2) by Fredrik Backman

I discovered the author rather late and have Goodreads to thank for setting me on the right track. When I finished this book, I turned to my husband to sigh and say that this is what we bibliophiles wait for when we wade through books that do not speak to us enough.I reviewed the first…

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We Own the Sky by Luke Allnutt

This was not the kind of book I had in mind when I began it this morning. I wanted something happier, and more bouncy but the people in this book roped me in and I ended up hooked. It did not start off too well, being a little too harsh for me but I guess…

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

I heard this book on audible and I send my thanks out to those who made the effort to convert this work of art to be more accessible to people like me. I have always been a prolific but lazy reader. I needed and sometimes still need a book to walk me up through the…

What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

I realize I need to keep track (somehow) of where I get the recommendations for books. I saw a review of this book on a blog, and put it on my to-read list. It was easily available in the library and equally easy to read. In this time of my flakiness, (as mentioned in previous…

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland

I've yearned for a book like this for a while, especially since the last month had few books that made me feel like this did. I am not saying I did not read good books last month, just that they were not really for me. An hour into Alice's story and I was tearing up.…

The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson

I chose to request this book because of the cover and the cryptic blurb that indicates that it is a journey of a woman through the past of her eccentric uncle. I was excited to have it approved and settled down to read it. This is a very intricately put together book. It is held…

The Friend by Teresa Driscoll

It feels like it has been a while since I posted a review or finished a book for that matter. It has only been two days to be precise, but that also felt like a lull because I was unable to actually finish a book in a sitting despite starting a few. This one was…

The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes by Ruth Hogan

I have not had the privilege of having read the author's previous book, but having heard rave reviews about it, I was eager to read this book when it became available on NetGalley. This is a story of mostly one woman and her flamboyant surroundings and equally colourful people. One of whom (the lady of…