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Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
fiction

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Rachel • Leave a comment

I’ve read quite a few books that I haven’t written about here over the last few weeks. We had a super busy weekend (mushroom festival! fancy dinner out! Ft McHenry! Korean food!) followed by having a horrible cold for an entire week that I am still getting over. I also did a lot of cooking … Continue reading →

Y Is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton
fiction / mystery

Y Is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Rachel • Leave a comment

I’ve been reading this series since I was about 12 so of course, I pre-ordered Y is for Yesterday almost 9 months ago and read it the day it came out. I’ve always enjoyed Kinsey Millhone and her weird peanut butter and pickle sandwiches and affinity for the elderly. Kinsey was in her early 30s … Continue reading →

Miss Me When I’m Gone: A Novel by Emily Arsenault
fiction / literary fiction / mystery

Miss Me When I’m Gone: A Novel by Emily Arsenault

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Rachel • 1 Comment

This book was an unexpected delight. I didn’t remember what it was about at all or what it was about but it was on my Amazon wishlist (I’ve since made a dedicated book wish list, why did that take so long?) so I requested it and it was finally available to download to my Kindle. … Continue reading →

Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa
fiction / food / literary fiction

Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

Posted on August 12, 2017 by Rachel • Leave a comment

I’ve read a few books the last couple of days but Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa was my favorite. Translated from Japanese, it is the story of a reluctant dorayaki (a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste) chef who against his initial impulse hires a woman in her mid-70s to help out at the dorayaki … Continue reading →

The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall
literary fiction

The Best Kind of People by Zoe Whittall

Posted on August 10, 2017 by Rachel • Leave a comment

I’ve read that The Best Kind of People has been optioned by Sarah Polley as a movie and reading it, I can totally see why that would happen. It almost reads like a script as-is (Zoe Whittall does write for television so that makes sense)–a valued member of the community and high school teacher who … Continue reading →

A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
fiction / literary fiction

A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Rachel • Leave a comment

A Spool of Blue Thread was not my favorite Anne Tyler.  I always liked Ladder of Years best, personally, although now I see the protagonist who seemed like a real, old, established adult to me when I first read it was only supposed to be 40. Oy. Living in Baltimore, I do like to read books that … Continue reading →

The Ice Cream Girls by Dorothy Koomson
fiction / mystery

The Ice Cream Girls by Dorothy Koomson

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Rachel • Leave a comment

    Computer problems plagued me again this week. We’ve had awful internet issues since we moved in this house in 2005 and since we live in Baltimore City we have little choice as to service providers. We finally bought a new desktop for me to work on (our old one was so noisy and … Continue reading →

Dare Me by Megan Abbott
fiction / mystery

Dare Me by Megan Abbott

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Rachel • Leave a comment

I think I am getting old because I spent the whole book thinking “where are your parents?”. I’ve read a couple Megan Abbott books and they are generally pretty good. YA but long, well written and a little dark. Dare Me is the story of two best friends, their cheerleading squad and the new, troubled … Continue reading →

The Perfect Neighbors: A Novel   by Sarah Pekkanen
fiction / mystery

The Perfect Neighbors: A Novel by Sarah Pekkanen

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Rachel • Leave a comment

After reading an exhaustive history of Southern food and some pretty serious memoirs about mental illness I thought I’d go for something lighter. Oddly, The Perfect Neighbors took longer to read than all of those previous books. I have no idea why! The writing was pretty simple and the plot wasn’t terribly complex. I didn’t love the … Continue reading →

Salem Mean Girls by Sylvia Prince
fiction / historical fiction

Salem Mean Girls by Sylvia Prince

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Rachel • Leave a comment

I don’t read a lot of YA books but I do love a teen drama and was a history major so Salem Mean Girls was right up my alley. Basically, a remake of the movie Mean Girls (with a dash of Heathers and Pretty Little Liars thrown in) it reimagines the story of Cady (in … Continue reading →

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