Reading Buddies Wrap-Up: “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese

Just a couple quick notes for current and future Reading Buddies: First, there is now a Goodreads group and an email reminders list for Reading Buddies! Second, due to a couple of schedule changes on my end, I need to shuffle our July and August schedule a bit. I’ll post in more detail about the …

Reading Buddies Wrap-Up: “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” by Jonathan Safran Foer

Hello, reading buddies! Welcome to the wrap-up for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. Just a note, as usual, to non-participants: if you haven’t read this one yet, you might not want to read any farther, since spoilers are fair game! I really loved this book. So much so that it’s a …

Thoughts on “The Girl in the Garden” by Kamala Nair

I read The Girl in the Garden by Kamala Nair on my Sony Reader, thanks to NetGalley. It’s out tomorrow, June 15, from Grand Central Publishing. About the Book: Rakhee Singh is a young woman when, as The Girl in the Garden opens, she leaves her fiancĂ© and engagement ring behind and sets off to …

Thoughts on “The Great Lenore” by JM Tohline

The Great Lenore by JM Tohline found its way to me via Atticus Books. It’s out this Wednesday, June 15! About the Book: Instead of the usual summary, I thought I’d share the first few lines of The Great Lenore from the ARC I read: “When I met Lenore, she’d been dead for four days. …

Reading Buddies Discussion: “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” by Jonathan Safran Foer

Before I give my usual spoiler warning, let me just say that if you haven’t read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, I’d suggest you find yourself a copy and join in! At halfway through, it’s wonderful and, I suspect, will be great to discuss. I’d expected it to take me a …