by Michelle Serra on January 4, 2011
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Hit me. I want something good. Something chick lit or something with a really good plot. Not into murder mysteries right now, but I do love a good twist. Let’s here it kids. Whether you think it should be on Oprah’s list or you just think it’s an amazing book I want to hear it. [...]
I started out this book absolutely in love. I was obsessed with Alice. I loved her imperfections, loved the fact that she stayed true to herself throughout her entire life. She didn’t compromise, she didn’t apologize and I loved reading her tale and watching her life unfold. However, somewhere around the time the presidency began, I felt as though [...]
American Wife | Curtis Stittenfeld “In Alice Blackwell, New York Times bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld has created her most dynamic and complex heroine yet. American Wife is a gorgeously written novel that weaves class, wealth, race, and the exigencies of fate into a brilliant tapestry–a novel in which the unexpected becomes inevitable, and the pleasures [...]
“When you are in a relationship, you are aware that it might end. You might grow apart, find someone else, simply fall out of love. But a friendship isn’t a zero-sum game, and as such, you assume that its will last forever, especially an old friendship. You take its permanace for granted, which might be [...]
by Michelle Serra on October 3, 2010
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This weekend I had the opportunity to finish two books and I am working on a third, so I thought I would fill you in on my thoughts and opinions. Number 1. Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich. In her predicable jaunty and lighthearted writing style, Evanovich tells the tale of whatsherface who was so boring that I [...]