QUICK PICKS (MARCH 2016)

I didn't want to read A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara, a brutal heart wrenching, prize winning novel...800 pages was too much to undertake...but I am loving every complicated character and every lovingly rendered detail. Don't miss this epic story!

And now on a lighter note, below find three picks for March, books that stood out in the reviews and are definetly ones to watch... 

The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman (Goodreads Author) One stormy night in 1947, two sisters-in-law give birth just minutes apart. Helen longs for a daughter, and Rose hopes for a son. In this absorbing novel they make a quick decision that will change the course of their lives.

	Incite By James Frey This fourth prequel novella begins a new digital original series in the Endgame world and follows an underground group determined to put a stop to Endgame—and save the world—at any cost.
	Hot Milk by Deborah Levy A richly mythic, colour-saturated tale of mothers and daughters from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Swimming Home....which I loved. YOU CAN ORDER BOOKS DIRECTLY FROM THIS BLOG...CLICK ON THE AMAZON SEARCH BOX IN THE SIDEBAR.

NEW AND WORTH NOTING (FEBRUARY 2016)

I'm almost done with MARRIAGE OF OPPOSITES by Alice Hoffman...a good read but enough already...way too drawn out ...

The following books have received great reviews and several blog readers gave them a thumbs up..

Bookreporter.com labeled them "ones to watch."...

THE GIRL IN THE RED COAT by Kate Hamer (Psychological Thriller)
Audiobook available, narrated by Antonia Beamish

Newly single mom Beth worries that her eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, who has a tendency to wander off, will one day go missing. And then it happens: The two get separated at a local outdoor festival, and Carmel vanishes. Beth sets herself on the grim and lonely mission to find her daughter. Carmel, meanwhile, is on a strange and harrowing journey of her own --- to a totally unexpected place that requires her to live by her wits, while trying desperately to keep in her head a vision of her mother.

WHY WE CAME TO THE CITY by Kristopher Jansma (Fiction)
Audiobook available, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

Five years after their college graduation, five devoted friends remain as inseparable as ever. Amid cheerful revelry and free-flowing champagne at a posh holiday party, they toast themselves and the new year ahead --- a year that holds many surprises in store. They must navigate ever-shifting relationships with New York City and with one another, determined to push onward in pursuit of their precarious dreams. And when a devastating blow brings their momentum to a halt, the group is forced to reexamine their aspirations and chart new paths through unexpected losses. Reviewed by Norah Piehl.

VACATION BOOK BYTES (FEBRUARY 2016)

Bonjour! 

Yes I am basking in the sun in Martinique.....no one speaks English, which is fine....Wifi was just restored after being kaput for several days. So before it goes on vacay again, here's what I've been reading...

THE GUEST ROOM By Chris Bohjalian... Timely topic...Would make a good Lifetime movie....Borrow it.

MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON by Elizabeth Strout......Don't miss it  (Scroll down for reviews)

THE PAST by Tessa Hadley....Skip it

THE EXPATRIOTS BY Janice J.K. Lee.... Predictable but enjoyable. (Scroll down for review)

THE MARRIAGE OF OPPOSITES  by Alice Hoffman...Moving story by an astonishing author...Buy it

I'll be back in a few days with more book news!  Au revoir!