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Little Fires Everywhere

Mothers' Lies Author: Celeste Ng Everyone lies. Sometimes, the lies burn everything down. In the quite suburb of Shaker Heights, a place of copycat houses, strict rules, and well off families looking for regulated lives, class warfare is about to explode. The Richardson’s are your typical, well-off suburban family. The mom is a semi-successful reporter who is comfortable, even if she is certainly not living the rebellious dreams of her youth. The dad is a doctor. The teenage kids are all normal – well, except boot wearing, convention defying, semi-crazy Izzy that is. But, every family has to have a black [...]

Frances Carden2022-12-24T13:59:32-07:00December 24th, 2022|Tags: bestseller, book review, class, fiction, motherhood, read, reading, social issues|

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Murder or Mistake? Author: John Berendt Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is the story of a rich, eccentric man; a vicious murder; a voodoo priestess; a sassy drag queen; a would-be-poisoner; a lovable squatter; and a bunch of snobby rich people in old town Savannah, Georgia, who love to talk about a good scandal. The surprising thing about this story – which I honestly thought was a novel until I sat down to finally write this review – is that it is a true story. This explains some of its eccentricities, it’s definite lack of focus and magazine [...]

Frances Carden2022-11-14T18:17:12-07:00November 14th, 2022|Tags: book review, crime, fiction, read, reading, true crime|

All He Ever Wanted

Love, Obsession, Destruction Author: Anita Shreve On the way to his sister’s funeral, Nicholas Van Tassel is thinking about his life, his obsessive love, his family, and how he lost it all. Thirty years ago, in 1899, Nicolas arrived in New Hampshire to start his career at Thrupp College. Everything was possible. Everything was new. And then, in the wake of a fire at the local restaurant/inn, he met Etna Bliss, and she became all he ever wanted. Etna had her own quite dreams, her own longings. They were not for Nicholas. But he persevered until she finally agreed to marry [...]

Frances Carden2022-11-12T20:01:19-07:00November 12th, 2022|Tags: book review, fiction, read, reading|