Melisa Peterson Lewis
This is not intended to be a history lesson, however, the story behind JT LeRoy is very interesting and what led me to read two of her books. The author shows us an edge of society I would otherwise be blind to. Though a fictional story, I can see where these situations could be real.... Continue Reading →
Book review on The Mothers, a Novel by Brit Bennett. I really struggled to rate this book a 3 or a 4. In the end, I choose a 3 because of pacing. The story is good, it involves three main characters with lives that are tangled together in difficult situations of young love, big choices,... Continue Reading →
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel, By Gail Honeyman This was our November book club selection. I felt it started slow and the only thing driving me to continue were the oddities of the MC, Eleanor Oliphant. From the start, you can decipher she is a strange person, with naïve ways, and no social... Continue Reading →
Picture this, you are on a motorboat far from land with your significant other (SO). Returning from a scuba diving expedition with no land in site suddenly the boat comes to an odd scene; paper floating in the water by the dozens. With no other boat insight, you suddenly hear a thunk. Something hits the... Continue Reading →
Beneath the Scarlet Sky, by Mark Sullivan Based on a true story and soon to be made into a movie, I found easily fell into this story. Pino and his Italian family are immediately interesting, perhaps it’s just a taste of another time and another country. The time is set during World War II and... Continue Reading →
