Thoughts on “The Space Between Us” by Thrity Umrigar

Despite the fact that I didn’t much care for Thrity Umrigar’s later novel, The Weight of Heaven, and put her memoir, First Darling of the Morning, aside after just a couple of chapters, I’d heard enough good things about The Space Between Us that I decided to give Umrigar one more chance. About the Book: Bhima has worked …

Thoughts on “The ACB with Honora Lee” by Kate De Goldi

I received a copy of The ACB with Honora Lee by Kate De Goldi via LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers program. It’s short and illustrated, which made it a perfect read for the late hours of last month’s readathon! About the Book: Perry’s parents keep her busy. She has piano lessons and clarinet lessons and Music and …

Thoughts on “Eleanor & Park” by Rainbow Rowell (Audiobook)

I picked up Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell on a recent trip to the library because the cover looked familiar and I needed an audiobook for last month’s readathon. When I posted my readathon stack, Jenny responded by saying: “Eleanor and Park is amazing and you are living a half-life until you have read …

Thoughts on “Ella Minnow Pea” by Mark Dunn

Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn has been on my radar (and my shelves) for years. It’s been recommended to me by several people whose reading opinions I trust. So when I put together my TBR Pile Challenge list, I made sure Ella Minnow Pea was on it. About the Book: Ella Minnow Pea lives …

Thoughts on “The Cunning Man” by Robertson Davies

Robertson Davies was first recommended to me by a fellow employee at my first bookstore job. She didn’t recommend him to everyone, she said, but for the right person, he was a treat. She thought I might be one of those people. Since then, I’ve been picking up his novels as I’ve come across them …