The War in Iraq finally ended late last year, with the last of U.S. troops leaving Iraq by mid-December. But the soldiers who served their country are forever altered by their time in Iraq. Kristin Hannah’s inspiration for Home Front came while watching the nightly news, as troops came home to their families. Jolene Zarkades…
Category Archives: Fiction
What Happened to Hannah
What Happened to Hannah by Mary Kay McComas is one of those truly satisfying novels that engages both your heart and your imagination from beginning to end. Hannah Benson fled her abusive home as a teenager and has worked hard to move past the pain and dysfunction that defined her early life. Now the owner…
Spin
Showing up to an interview for your dream job is pretty bad, but you know what’s worse? Going into rehab on a ruse to get the insider scoop on the “It” celebrity of the moment. Yeah, that’s much, much worse. In Catherine McKenzie’s Spin, things go from bad to worse quickly for the protagonist. Kate…
On Reading: Brain Candy
Candy tastes good, right? Especially — at least to me — some sort of peanut butter, chocolate, perhaps caramel combination. It’s delicious, truly, but a diet consisting solely of candy wouldn’t be very satisfying in the long term. For me, variety is good — both food wise and in my literary pursuits. I love reading…
Julia’s Child
Julia Bailey, like most new mothers, wanted to feed her children healthy, organic, nutritional food that they also actually liked to eat. She perfected her recipes and started Julia’s Child, a health food company that provides snacks and meals geared toward toddlers. Along with her only employee, Marta, Julia shares office space with other small…
All the Flowers in Shanghai
As a female living in the United States in 2012, it’s difficult for me to imagine having no choice about the direction of my life. In Shanghai in the 1930′s, however, a woman obeyed her parents, fulfilled her duty by marrying, and lived a life centered around her family’s honor, with no regard for her…
Gun Games
Gun Games is the twentieth title in the Decker/Lazarus series by best-selling author Faye Kellerman. Peter Decker is an LAPD detective whose wife, Rina Lazarus, often ends up solving cases with him. They are also Orthodox Jews, with Peter having returned to his Jewish roots after meeting Rina. Although I have read a few of…
The Street Sweeper
The Street Sweeper reminds me, organizationally, of looking at the back of a piece of embroidery. There are plots and story-lines running everywhere, and at first it feels chaotic. However, by the end, you are looking in awe at a beautifully-finished piece of story-telling. This is an awesome book, well worth the time commitment required…
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