Lilac Girls

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly I have always imagined that the hardest part of writing a book is deciding where to start and determining that first line the reader will read: 𝙄𝙛 𝙄’𝙙 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤’𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖-𝙘𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙖, 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙞𝙣. […]

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini There are definitely things I wish I would have known before starting this novel. A lot of what takes place happened either before I was born or while I was a young child, so while I should be well aware of them now, I shamefully admit that I wasn’t.  […]

A Man Called Ove

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman If you like heartwarming stories with feel good endings, you’ll enjoy A Man Called Ove. Backman includes a whole range of characters that cover the spectrum of society. You are guaranteed to find yourself in someone or be reminded of someone you know, and isn’t that what reading […]

David and Goliath

David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell David and Goliath starts where you might expect it to; however, Gladwell provides some unique insight that has the reader rethinking the context of the biblical story and what actually causes the underdog to prevail. The part that resonated with me was the idea of class size and how […]