Category: Book Review
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Book Review and Writing Lessons from The Irish Goodbye
How lucky am I? The book group I’m in featured the author of the book we just read: The Irish Goodbye. Author Heather Aimee O’Neill is getting much acclaim, and Jenna Bush Hager chose Heather’s debut novel as the Today Show pick. Not only were we treated to Heather reading parts of her novel in…
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Book Review: The House of Mirth
If you’re in the mood to read a literary novel, consider the classic: The House of Mirth. If you’re attracted to The Gilded Age on HBO, it will seem familiar. Be forewarned that my book review here contains spoilers. This is a challenging novel to read, but worth the effort. Before you get misled by…
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Why Readers Will Love “Willful Obsession:” An Editorial Review
A writer might work more than a year on a novella. Friends say nice things, but that ever-present doubt — is the story any good? — hovers like a black cloud. And then the first review on Goodreads comes in from an international reader (who got the story via a free promotion), and it’s a…
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Book Review: So Far Gone
Our book group selected So Far Gone by Jess Walter, and I’m so glad they did. It was thoroughly enjoyable, and I recommend this novel. There are a few ways I know a book is a winner. One, I want to read it again. Two, it made me laugh. And three, it made me cry.…
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Thoughts On “All the Light We Cannot See”
I feel inadequate to review Anthony Doeer’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel before I start. All the Light We Cannot See is a novel I’d recommend to anyone. I downloaded it as an audio book because we were going on a long vacation, much of it by bus. I don’t recommend doing that because you’ll ignore your…
Kristy Schnabel 