The Red Tent by Anita Diamant is historical fiction about Dinah from the Old Testament Bible. Daughter of Jacob, half-sister to Joseph, this book spins what might have been her story. Told as a narration, Dinah recounts her mother’s and aunt’s lives through her own death. The topics focus on very female topics: relationship with […]
The Expats by Chris Pavone is a quick and fun spy thriller from a female perspective. It reads much differently from a John le Carré novel. Besides the usual CIA titillation with secrets, international intrigue, and assassinations, the heroine dealt with marriage, kids, play dates and childcare. Ahh, something with which I can relate. Kate
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood is the last book of the MaddAddam trilogy. I read part 2, The Year of the Flood, almost 2 years ago. I hadn’t known at the time that it was part 2 and that I was stepping into the story midstream. After reading part 3, I am interested in part1 so
I needed a new audiobook. I can’t concentrate to read a real book. Browsing the public library offerings, I decided that I wanted to find something in the humor category. The author Daniel Handler caught my eye. Handler is also known as Lemony Snicket of the A Series of Unfortunate Events series of which I
Emma is my 5th of 6 Austen novels. I will take a break after this before I wrap up my reading goal for the year. I wish I had read this in order of Austen writing them. Emma was written between Mansfield Park and Persuasion. I think I would have enjoyed Persuasion better if I
