This Charming Man by Marian Keyes

Marian Keyes writes chick lit but the best kind of chick lit. The kind that has an actual story, real characters and deals with major issues (not just whether to buy a new pair of designer shoes). I love her books. This is her latest one, and I’ve been waiting months for it to become [...]

Half a Life by V.S. Naipaul

The author is award winning (Booker Prize and Nobel Peace Prize, no less) and yet I felt like this book had potential that it didn’t quite meet. The storyline was interesting – a young man who leaves his life behind for one in a new country and has to deal with himself, his culture, his [...]

Getting Mother’s Body by Suzan Lori Parks

I don’t usually have a pre-concieved idea about a book I am going to read. For some reason, I though this would be a book about becoming like your mother – as in starting to look like and behave like your mother. Its a valid theme and thats what I expected. The book is actually [...]