Melisa Peterson Lewis
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert, a book review. Vivian is an old woman approached with a question from a girl trying to make connections to someone they both share. The girl wants to know what Vivian was to her father, our only clue is given, it's a man. Told in the first person, Vivian... Continue Reading →
I told my husband I would just pop into Goodwill to see if there was a desk we could restore. Half an hour later I walk out with a handful, okay, an armful of books. No surprise, he's a little annoyed I can't leave the house without picking up more books. The same day I... Continue Reading →
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult. I very much enjoyed this story. It's told from the first-person point of view between three characters. A white-female lawyer, a male white-supremacist, and a black-female nurse. This book is about racism in today's society and how actions of the community repress some and catapult others. I felt the... Continue Reading →
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris. I only use 5 stars for books that change my life and guess what, this is one of those. Oh, my heart! Lale and Gita will be a part of me forever. I'm having a hard time expressing how this book captured my soul. I knew it would... Continue Reading →
The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier. I wanted to love this book because my youngest sister claims it's one of her all-time favorites. I like the idea of the book, a place where we go when we die, a limbo type destination where we get to hang out with all of our... Continue Reading →
