There was so much I didn't like about this book. First, I couldn't decide if the characters' shtick was supposed to be actually funny, or just a sad attempt to paper over really serious situations with terrible comedic references and puns. Second, I couldn't decide if the conversations about race we...
Tassie Keltjin is a college student who has led a fairly sheltered life. She grew up on a farm so never really held a real job, but now she needs to earn a little money and accepts a position as a nanny. Strangely, she is hired before the child, to be adopted, has arrived. Against her better judg...
So I picked up this book because it was on a list somewhere and that is how I find most books. About 25 pages in I started to think...huh, this is in WI so Troy has to be a version of Madison. Well then for the rest of the book (as someone who lives in Madison), I tried to decide if it really was or...
It has been a long time since I disliked a book this much. There was a moment on Sunday when the urge to throw it across the room and be done with it forever was so strong I had to clench my hands around the spine to keep myself from doing it. This was made more imperative by the fact that I was sta...
Favorite excerpts:"I have always felt as hidden as the hull in a berry, as secret and fetal as the curled fortune in a cookie, and such hiddenness was not without its advantages, its egotisms, its grief-fed grandiosities." "I was all the parts: I was the lover on the platform, I was the lover on the...
I think I would have enjoyed this book more if it hadn't so completely lacked focus. The storyline involving Tassie's relationship with Sarah and Edward and their adoption of Emmie was engaging, and the racial issues it explored were interesting and relevant. And then, suddenly, 3/4ths of the way th...
This book conjured for me the worry that comes with being a parent dealing with the world of babysitters. Parents can take all sorts of safety measures to keep their children safe, such as installing a gate at the stairs for example. But one can’t anticipate all dangers, and there’s always a naggi...
This is a tough book to review. Chosen as one of the NY Times top 10 books of 2009, I had high expectations. I can see why this author is so well liked. Her writing is amazing - her choice of words, the cadence, the humor - absolutely beautiful to read and listen to. The problem I had with this ...
What an odd little book this was! It was beautifully written and kept my attention throughout, but the plot was weak and the characters not really likable or interesting, yet, I still enjoyed it. So take that for what it is worth!
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