I enjoyed this book immensely but I have some issues with the style and also with the ending. Still, I heartily recommend it if you want a light, fun read that tells a story from a point of view many of us are not familiar with: a thirty something Muslim woman who is devout and modern at the same time. Sofia Khan works in publishing. She’s newly single and her sister is getting married. Her parents worry that she will never find a husband and […]
Where’d You Go, Maria Semple
The more I think about this book the less I like it. Today Will Be Different is the story of a single day in the life of Eleanor Flood. Eleanor is trying to be the best version of herself. She has plans to make this day perfect. She is going to be present. She is going to be a better mom, a better wife, a better friend. Eleanor is not a bad person, she’s just a bit of a mess. But her plan begins to […]
We Are Family, I Got All My Sisters With Me
I love Nadiya Hussain. If you are a fan of The Great British Bake Off, you probably love her too. Nadiya was the winner in 2015, and she is, by all accounts the most popular winner in the history of the show. Charming, warm, funny, self-deprecating and gifted with a marvelously expressive face, she made all of us fall in love with her. Since winning TGBBO, Nadiya has published a cookbook (which I received as a surprise present last week from a lovely friend who […]
Practically Practical Magic
Sarah Addison Allen is a delight. A little backstory regarding my first reading selection of the new year: I just moved from the balmy south to the chilly Midwest and am experiencing my first real winter in about 8 years. I reached out to the Cannonball Read hive mind for reads that would either raise my spirits (light and fluffy things to warm my heart) or create a sense of schadenfreude (people having miserable winters, or miserable life happenings) and someone mentioned Allen, who was […]
Sisters Seem Fun Sometimes, Sometimes Not So Fun
So this is final Liane Moriarty book until she publishes something new! Excuse me while I experience some sadness. Ok, done. Having just finished the Last Anniversary and the Hypnotist’s Love Story and being mildly disappointed with them both (they were good, not great), I wasn’t sure what I was going to get with Three Wishes. I’m happy to report that I wasn’t let down. Three Wishes tells the story of the […]
“Sometimes I think you willed me into existence. Took a look around and thought I don’t want to this on my own. I need backup.”
From the very first page of We Are the Goldens, – when 15 year-old Nell starts describing her interconnectedness to her sister Layla, and talks about that peculiar, WRONG feeling that happens when you and your sister are mad at each other, I knew this book and I were going to get along. And we did, except that, also from that very first page, also from that very first description of something being ‘off’, the author manages to impart that same sense of discomfort and […]