Tag Archives: fiction

The Heroines by Eileen Favorite It’s the early 1970s. Thirteen-year-old Penny Entwhistle lives with her mother in a little B&B on the Illinois prairie. Along with some regular customers, this B&B is visited by the heroines of literature, who come … Continue reading →

Now I’ve just wasted at least 15 minutes trying to find the cartoon book review of this book for you, I’ll actually write my own. Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen As Joey Perron hits the ocean, she is annoyed. Did … Continue reading →

Spin Doctor by Leslie Carroll Susan is a New York City psychologist who spends her early mornings in the laundry room doing pro bono sessions for the women of her apartment building. There’s the ballerina who can’t talk unless she’s … Continue reading →

Rococo by Adriana Trigiani B – short for Bartolomeo di Crespi – is a decorator who puts his heart into his work. Although he could have stayed in New York after design school, he chose to return to his small … Continue reading →

Right next to the fiction desk where I often sit, we have bags that are called Book Club Kits – 10 copies of the book with a reading guide packaged in a large canvas bag. The idea is that people … Continue reading →