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Not a good month for book reading for me this month! Two in a row for book club discussions, and two!!! in a row one star reviews. You might think I am just a grouchy old curmudgeon about my books, and maybe I am. I do expect to be engaged, and to think a little bit when I read. This book does neith Leggi tutto

I would have given this novel 1 star except it ended up serving a purpose. Woken up from a nightmare at 3:30 AM, it turned out to be mind-numbing enough to distract me for a couple of hours until I could get back to sleep. The author certainly didn't have insomnia therapy as her intention, although

Abigail loses her son and husband in a fire and decides some 10 months later to move to an island off the coast of North Carolina that her husband used to visit when he was a kid. The book had a good arc to it - she comes to the island, she fixes up her living accommodations and she becomes friends w Leggi tutto

Read this book quickly - didn’t want to put it down. Loved so many little things about this book. The setting on Chapel Isle, the fact that instead of numbered chapters they were letters of the alphabet.

Banal: so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring. Trite, clichéd, vapid, contrived, trivial, stereotypical. The concept of the book, could be great if written well. The characters are flat, stereotypical, and the storyline is contrived. Starting each chapter with an obscure word and defin Leggi tutto

This novel was a good, easy read. Enjoyed the authors writing style.