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Mr. Emerson’s Wife by Amy Belding Brown

Posted by Sherry on Jul 29, 2010 in Adult Fiction, General

A few months ago, I first read Best Intentions by Emily Listfield about the disintegration of trust in a marriage and the slippery slope to infidelity. Then I read The Other Side of the Lake by Mary Lawson about adultery and sibling rivalry. To complete the unplanned trilogy, I read Mr. Emerson’s Wife, in which [...]

 
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What I Read in South Dakota

Posted by Sherry on Jul 19, 2010 in Adult Fiction, General, Young Adult Fiction

My motto is, “Never go anywhere without a book.” Our trip to South Dakota was no exception to this rule. Although we saw beautiful scenery, experienced the inspiration of Mount Rushmore, and enjoyed a day at the lake with family and friends–and I ate more good food than any one person should—, I still managed [...]

 
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So Much For That by Lionel Shriver

Posted by Sherry on Jun 21, 2010 in Adult Fiction, General

I read Lionel Shriver’s 2005 Orange-prize winning book, We Need To Talk About Kevin, a few months ago, and I thought then that Ms. Shriver was a talented if sometimes self-indulgent writer. Her latest novel, So Much For That, confirmed that opinion. So Much For That tells the story of the death-by-cancer of Glynnis Knacker, [...]

 
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Best Intentions by Emily Listfield

Posted by Sherry on Jun 17, 2010 in Adult Fiction

I think Best Intentions is a book about suspicion and misunderstanding. I can picture the book made into a movie by Afred Hitchcock. Jimmy Stewart stars as the easy-going financial reporter Sam Barkley. Mary Tyler Moore is his lovely, but worried wife, Lisa Barkley. (The kids have been watching a lot of Dick Van Dyke [...]

 
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The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson

Posted by Sherry on Jun 15, 2010 in Adult Fiction, General

The Other Side of the Bridge is Mary Lawson’s second published novel, and it made me want to read her first, called Crow Lake. That’s a fair compliment. It was the characters in The Other Side of the Bridge that made the book. The way the characters interacted and the author’s insight into their motivations [...]

 
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Exposure by Mal Peet

Posted by Sherry on Jun 8, 2010 in 2009, Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fiction

Wow! Carnegie Medal winner Mal Peet has written a different book about fame, much more sophisticated than Claim to Fame (see below). Inspired by Shakespeare’s Othello, this novel is focused, not so much on jealousy, but on the perils and tragedies of celebrity. Otello is a soccer star, a black man who’s just signed a [...]

 
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Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

Posted by Sherry on May 15, 2010 in 1900, 20th Century History Project, Adult Fiction, General

I decided to go ahead and join the Books of the Century Challenge since I read three books from the first year of the century, 1900, while I was reading during Lent. Sister Carrie was published in 1900, but it wasn’t a best seller. In fact it almost didn’t get published at all. The novel [...]

 
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Trustee from the Toolroom by Nevil Shute

Posted by Sherry on May 13, 2010 in 20th Century History Project, Adult Fiction

I discovered Nevil Shute when I was reading books about and set in Australia a couple of years ago. Shute’s A Town Called Alice is justly well-known as an example of Australian flavor. I also read the most famous of Shute’s books, the apocalyptic On the Beach, which gives a chilling picture of the world [...]

 
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Black Narcissus by Rumer Godden

Posted by Sherry on May 12, 2010 in --India, Adult Fiction, Around the World 2006-7, General

A coterie of Anglican nuns comes to a remote Himalayan village to establish a convent, school, and hospital fro the improvement and benefit of the natives. Instead of making any impression at all on the villagers, the nuns themselves are changed and brought to confront their deepest fears, desires, and inadequacies. Simple enough to summarize, [...]

 
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Vittoria Cottage by D.E. Stevenson

Posted by Sherry on May 1, 2010 in Adult Fiction, General

I’ve had several reading bloggers recommend the books of author D.E. Stevenson, an author I’d never heard of until I began reading blog reviews. So, when I was at the library the other day and happened upon a shelf of books by Ms. Stevenson, I decided to try one out. (Note: this is how publicity-via-blog [...]

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