I saw the movie The Help in 2011 on the big screen. I enjoyed it then so when the audio-book was available in preparation for a long car drive, I decided to take the opportunity to visit with these characters again. There are multiple stories being told in Mississippi of different classes and relationships. The […]
I needed a little magic in my life. I checked out the audio book of Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus and was delighted to hear Jim Dale (of the Harry Potter audio books) as narrator. The Night Circus is the venue where twp men pit their respective protegee against each other to prove whose style
On July 13th, I read in my Facebook newsfeed that JK Rowling had published a book under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith last April. I went to Goodreads to see what the reviews said pre-revel and found an average of 4.5 stars out of 5. I immediately went to the library web site to see if
I’m not sure how The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker ended up on my To Read list at Goodreads. Maybe I saw that many of my friends had read it, or I had seen it was in development for a movie, or Goodreads recommended it based on my previously read books. Based on
Reading a slim 1974, only novel by pen-named author Oscar Rossier was an enjoyable way to spend a few hours. The story seems to be about a doctor in a psychiatric hospital who seems to be having his own psychotic break. Dr. Boyd is a bit obsessed about a patient on the ward as well
