And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer, by Fredrik Backman****
“When a star fades, it takes a long time for us to realize, as long as it takes for the last of its light to reach Earth…When a brain fades it takes a long time for the body to realize.” Frederik...
View ArticleThe Whole Town’s Talking, by Fannie Flagg*****
Happy release day to Fannie Flagg! This one is a treasure. If you’re buying Christmas or Hanukkah gifts, consider this book, which is bound to make your loved one smile…especially for those over 40....
View ArticleThe Exact Nature of Our Wrongs, by Janet Peery*****
The place is Amicus, Kansas; the Campbell family has come together to celebrate the birthday of their frail, ancient patriarch, Abel. Ultimately, though, their attention is drawn, unavoidably, to the...
View ArticleThe Melody, by Jim Crace****
“We are the animals that dream.” Jim Crace is an award-winning author with an established readership, but he is new to me. Thanks go to Net Galley and Doubleday for the review copy. This book will be...
View ArticleLessons from Lucy, by Dave Barry***-****
3.5 rounded up; thanks go to Net Galley and Simon and Schuster for the review copy. Dave is seventy, and his dog Lucy is up there in years as well. Unlike most of Barry’s essays and books, this one...
View ArticleFifty Things That Aren’t My Fault, by Cathy Guisewite****
Guisewite began publishing the comic strip “Cathy” in 1976, the year that I graduated high school. It was a time of high expectations for women, and the unrealistic suggestion that we would be able to...
View ArticleWhat Rose Forgot, by Nevada Barr****-******
Nevada Barr’s newest stand-alone mystery is a humdinger. My thanks go to Net Galley and St. Martin’s Press for the review copy; this book is for sale now, and you should read it. Rose Dennis wakes up...
View ArticleThe Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop*****
They say that old writers never die, and I hope that’s true. With her last novel, The Whole Town’s Talking, Flagg announced that she was done. It was her final novel. I was sad to hear it, but...
View ArticleUnfinished Business, by J.A. Jance*****
Judith Jance has done it again. Unfinished Business is the sixteenth in the Ali Reynolds series; not only does she weave a compelling, tightly plotted tale, but she may have broken new ground with the...
View ArticleSilver Alert, by Lee Smith ***-****
3.5 stars rounded upwards. My thanks go to Algonquin Books and Net Galley for the invitation to read and review. This book is for sale now. The premise is one that a lot of readers over age 40 will be...
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