Monday, October 26, 2009

The Last Secret by Mary McGarry Morris


This is a favorite author of mine, so I was really excited to read another of her books. "Songs in Ordinary Time," "A Dangerous Woman," "The Lost Woman," and "Vanished" - I read them all. She's a great writer, a favorite of mine.

It took me way too long to read this book. Not sure why - just too busy I guess. I think it would have been much better if I had read it in a week, instead of three weeks. It was a good and compelling story but the drama was lost because I took too long to read it. I did read the conclusion in one setting and it was unsettling.

The book deals with secrets and deception and the consequences therein. The ending was very unsettling. At times I did not know if I liked or hated the main character, Nora. Did she do the right thing? Should she have "fessed up" earlier?

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg


OK book. Not great. I thought it started out strong, got weak in the middle and ended strong.

I was expecting something else from this book. It is really a book about writers and writer's block and that is interesting, but the main character did not really grab my attention or even respect. At one point, I thought it was going to turn into a book about Alzheimer's.

Anyway, I read some of Elizabeth Berg's early novels and then got uninterested. Thought I'd give her a try again.....

Friday, October 2, 2009

Tall Grass by Sandra Dallas


I was really looking forward to this book and I can't say that I didn't like it, but it was a bit predictable.

Tells the story of a Japanese Internment Camp in Colorado during WWII. Interesting to learn about how the Japanese were transported to these camps and how they were regarded there. Still, I felt that a lot of the story was a bit cliche and predictable.