cbr10bingo…White Whale I accidentally bought this on my Kindle on March 6, 2015. I don’t think I had even read Gone Girl yet at that point, but I think I had heard about Ms. Flynn. This has been on my “to read” list for a while now, so I’m calling it my White Whale. Like I said above, I have the Kindle version, but I wasn’t reading it, and I’m reading another book on my Kindle currently, so I downloaded the audiobook version and I listened […]
Attention, fans of Tana French!
I was all set to recommend this book wholeheartedly, but it falters in the last five pages or so, which is SO unfortunate. It was SO GOOD up till then. I will definitely check this author out again, to see if she can stick the landing, because the writing and the story was grand. The MacBride family is a well-off, well-established academic family: father Rowan the dean of the local prestigious prep school and mother Lydia a local judge. Their children are smart and […]
I Keep Forgetting I Read This …
After years without contact from his daughter, David Walker is on his deathbed at the local hospital, and ends up making one last effort to connect with his family, reaching out to his granddaughter. Elle is surprised when she discovers her grandfather is not only still alive, but a patient at the same hospital where she works and her best friend’s current favorite patient. Elle’s mom, Marie has long refused to talk about her past, and even now, Elle is afraid to confront her due […]
If Cats Could Talk …
When CatOnMyHead mentioned that this novel was narrated from the cat’s perspective, I knew I was going to end up reading it sooner or later. Boo, the cat in question, has always thought of the mother of the family has her person while the two teenagers, father and new baby were simply extras, or in the worst cases, competition for Mother’s attention. As a result, the cat is at a loss when Mother disappears. Since Boo can’t ask, and the humans are not talking to […]