I thought that this book was going to be steeped in ’80’s music and culture which is totally in my wheelhouse. Some of the reviews that I had read indicated this. They were not accurate. I hate to use words like “okay” and “nice” but that sort of sums this one up. It really wasn’t what I was expecting, which is okay, but it circles around some pretty heavy themes in a way that is a bit too nice. CDs are trumping vinyl in the […]
Put up a barrier, she thought, and people gather.
My last review was of a book that everyone loved and I did not. This time around, I find myself surprised by the abundance of 2 1/2 star reviews for a book I thought was awesome. As far as Google can tell, this has not yet been reviewed by any Cannonballers so I feel it is my duty to set the record straight and hope that some of you give this one a go. I have read several Jo Baker novels, Longbourn being the favorite […]
Just don’t get it.
The premise of this book, and the great reviews of a lot of Cannonballers, placed this one on my TBR pile. A boarding school for “problematic children” serves as a refuge for kids that have found portals into alternate worlds. Having flourished in these different worlds, returning is painful for them. They don’t belong here anymore and long for the place where they can be themselves again. Unfortunately, the back story of each of the characters and the structure of these portal worlds into lands […]
“Thank you.” I smiled sweetly at him. “Your trousers are on fire.”
Oh well. Now I don’t have to feel bad about finishing up Deanna Raybourn’s Lady Julia Grey series. This one was kind of a bust. I’m a big fan of Raybourn and had more love for the Lady Julia books than the majority of her fans, but this final (?) book in the series was a huge disappointment. A lot of Cannonballers have read and reviewed her books. I reviewed two of them this year, here , so I’m not going to get into too much detail about […]
We don’t need more memories. It’s hard enough trying to get a handle on the ones we’ve got.
A disillusioned, recently dumped 30 something going back home to help care for a parent but ending up healing themselves in the process is not a new plot line. Dealing with the pain and frustration of watching someone you love deteriorate from Alzheimer’s isn’t either. This little book tackles both without becoming overly melodramatic. At the request of her mother, Ruth moves back to Los Angeles from San Francisco in order to help her care for her father, who is quickly succumbing to dementia. Mourning […]
Remembering for both of them.
There are many ways to approach a review of this book. “Salt Houses” is about a family constantly displaced through the generations by war. It is about the loss of a cultural identity and the struggle to find one. It is about finding who you are and being true to yourself no matter how difficult it may be for those around you. I prefer to think of it as a love story. Steeped in the conflicts of the Middle East from after World War II […]
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