Friday, November 1, 2013

Tell the Wolves I'm Home - November 2013

A book club for those of us without the time for meetings. Now Reading Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt.
It's 1987, and 14 year old June is understood by just one person, her uncle, Finn, a painter. But when he dies unexpectedly she meets an unexpected friend at his funeral. Someone who could help her heal, and yet question what she knows about her own family.An emotionally charged coming of age novel. 

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Care & Handling of Roses with Thorns

Now Reading - The Care and Handling of Roses with Thorns by Margaret Dilloway. Gal is 36 and deals with teach biology and her kidney disease. But at home with her roses is what she loves. She wants to win Queen of Show in a major competition. Then her teenage niece shows up unexpected. Neither will be the same.
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Sunday, September 1, 2013

Lake of Dreams - September 2013

I book club for those of us without the time for meetings. Now reading The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards.
When Lucy returns home to New York from Japan she is haunted by her father's death a decade ago and renewed feelings for Keegan, a local glass artist.. When she finds a collection of objects locked in a window seat she starts out to discover what she can about her family history. 

Thursday, August 1, 2013

When in Doubt Add Butter - August 2013

No dating, no dating, no dating. Life is busy enough for this caterer. Cooking is predictable. Life is not. Is love out there?

Monday, July 1, 2013

The Alchemist's Daughter - July 2013

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Emilie is the daughter of a student of Newton. Their experiment to breathe life into dead matter is interrupted by 2 strangers. As she listens to her heart, not her head she sets off on an amazing journey.

Saturday, June 1, 2013

What Alice Forgot - June 2013

A book club for those of us without the time for meetings. When Alice wakes up on the gym floor the life she remembers is not the life she has. She no longer 29 and in love. What happened in between then and now that made her who everyone knows but her?

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

May - It all began in Monte Carlo

Now Reading: It all began in Monte Carlo by Elizabeth Adler

Sunny needs to get away. Monte Carlo beckons. But relaxing is not what she gets. Intrigue, robberies, new friends, old friends. Who can she trust?

Monday, April 1, 2013

April - Everything Must Go

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Now Reading: Everything Must Go by Elizabeth Flock
Henry is stuck with his dreams vs. his reality. His clothing shop becomes his world. What could he have been? A fracture in window from his shop into the work may lead to an answer.

Friday, March 1, 2013

March - The Bride's House

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Nell is 17 and dreaming of living in the new house being built in town with her beau. She does end up living there but under a whole new set of circumstances. Her daughter Pearl, grows up there, but its like a mausoleum. What will become of her? And how far will she go for love?

Friday, February 1, 2013

The English Major - February 2013

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"It used to be Cliff and Vivian" No longer a pair. Cliff, divorced and robbed of his farm,  heads out across Amercia with a mission to rename all of the states and state birds to overcome all the banal names men have given them. Did you know February is National Birdfeeding Month?

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Long Time no See - January 2013

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Judith has her doctorate in History and is now a widow.  She hasn't seen the great love of her life for 20 years (who was obviously not her husband). So when a the wife of a Long Island mobster is found dead under a pool that been covered all winter, she offers her help to solve the crime. Or is this just a way to encounter her former love of the Nassau County Police.

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