Unaccustomed Earth:stories by Jhumpa Lahiri

This book contains eight short pieces of fiction with a common theme. The characters are all immigrants from India living in the United States. Very smoothly written, the topics include dealing with aging parents, marital infidelity, breast cancer, alcoholism, family...

The Mozart Question ~ Michael Morpurgo

“Like any young boy, Paolo becomes obsessed with what he can’t have — in his case, a violin. Hidden away in his parents’ room, it beckons the boy to release the music inside it. The music leads Paolo to a family secret, a story of World War II that changed the...

The Study Series ~ Maria V Snyder

I’ve put off this post for weeks upon weeks now for two reasons: I love Maria V. Snyder’s Study series; we’re talking serious love here. I can never write about books/series I love because I can never adequately express just why it is that I do love...

Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian

Like his other books, this novel is wonderfully descriptive both in plot and character. The subject matter is very depressing, and true to form, the author depicts a very real picture of the horror of living in Nazi Germany. The storyline starts with the characters of...

Envy ~ Sandra Brown

Maris Matherly-Reed is more than an editor. She’s also the beloved daughter of the publishing house’s highly respected and successful leader, and the wife of Matherly Press’s second-in-command, the smooth, suave, double-dealing Noah Reed. Reed, it...