This book is on my list of nonfiction reads. Another thrift store pick, I expected a rather dry read. Instead, this is a fascinating biography of a fascinating and complex woman who ruled England...

Four Japanese housewives work the grueling graveyard shift at a lunchbox factory in order to scrape by. Each one is on the edge for her own reasons: Yoshie, a middle-aged widow, lost her husband's income when he died, but didn't lose the responsibili...

Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella My rating: 2 of 5 stars While I was standing at the Redbox rental kiosk, this seemed like a cute movie to watch while my husband wasn't home. After I watched the movie, I decided I wanted to read the book...

If you want a history lesson in how things were during the beginning of the Cold War, read this book. Yes, it's fiction, and yes, it's about a spy, but it will give you a more accurate view of how things work in espionage. Why? Le Carre himself worked...

Do you ever regret marrying me? How many of us have ever been on the giving or receiving end of that question? We all think about it, even if we don't affirm it with speech. And not just with marriage, with everything. We can't help but wonder, what if...

Winner of the coveted Man Booker award for fiction in 2009, Wolf Hall charmed and challenged this reader. First, I will admit some bias. As readers of my blog know, I have been exploring the books about European royalty, including several volumes...

A couple of weeks ago, Michael Chabon was at the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver for a reading from his most recent book Manhood for Amateurs. As he read selections from the book, I could see that his prose had grown since this first novel of his,...