Monthly Archives: September 2010

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton

Posted on 09/28/2010 by

Did you read Francis Hodgson Burnett’s “The Secret Garden” as a child? The sub plot of this novel weaves in to the life of “The Secret Garden” and out to the modern day search of a granddaughter to solve the … Continue reading →

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Intervention by Robin Cook

Posted on 09/12/2010 by

Ok, I’ll admit that I really like a good mystery and adding a psychological twist or a scientific / medical dilemma, like Cook’s novels usually have, intrigues me even further. Intervention, however, seems to be a thinly veiled diatribe by … Continue reading →

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Mocking Jay by Suzanne Collins

Posted on 09/12/2010 by

The third of the Hunger Games trilogy left me feeling unsatisfied especially as I picked it up from our local bookstore, Laughing Oyster, and took advantage of my holiday status to sit on my sunny patio drinking Chai tea, reading … Continue reading →

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My Friend Leonard by James Frey

Posted on 09/12/2010 by

Took me quite awhile to want to read this after the controversy about “A Million Little Pieces” and I finally borrowed it from the school library. Oddly enough, I didn’t find the memoir/fiction debate of “A Million Little Pieces” enough … Continue reading →

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