Half of this book tells the story of Wilhelmina Upton, scion of a prominent upstate New York family which includes her hometown's founder and his son, a prominent novelist. The book opens when Willie returns to Templeton feeling disgraced, having fled her PhD research in the aftermath of a doomed af...
Awww!This book totally makes me squeal (in my mind, so as not to disturb those around me), "Awww!" Like the Portlandia dumpster diver. I can't find a Portlandia Aww meme and am too lazy to make my own, so just imagine it here and move along.Here are the things that just tickled me pink (I'm already ...
At times, I wasn't quite sure what to make of this novel. I enjoyed it a great deal, especially the parallel stories told from historic times and how they lined up with the present narrative. I wasn't always sure how the two connected, though...I wanted a bit more meaningful commentary from the prot...
About my relationship with The Monsters of Templeton . . . it's complicated. Before we met, I had heard a wide range of opinions about the book. Now, my tastes lean toward the obscure. I don't tend to read the popular ones and I have a bit of prejudice toward them. "If it's that popular, it can't be...
A mixture of mystery and history with a monster thrown in for good measure. A terrific read. I am inspired to search my own genealogical history for secrets of the past :)
This was an excellent story of a woman going back home, and wound up searching for her biological father, and in doing so traces the origins of her town and her family tree.This book is fictionally based and set on the town and family that settled it, where I currently live in, and have lived in gro...
Ever buy a book mainly because it has a cool cover?Author Lauren Groff wanted to write a book about her hometown of Cooperstown NY, home of baseball and James Fenimore Cooper, and ended up creating a novelized version of the town, in which newly-and-unexpectedly pregnant grad student Willie Upton lo...
Even though the New York Times says that the narrator/heroine Willie Upton is "disarming and smart" and more interesting than "the elaborate events that surround her", I actually found the opposite to be true. Willie seemed spoiled and entitled and in dire need of a reality check; her mother, Vi, wa...
You wouldn't know it unless she told you, but this is Lauren Groff's wacky love letter to Cooperstown, NY, where she grew up. If you really want to enjoy this book, it's best to relax and just accept it all in a spirit of playfulness. It's a wild and goofy collage full of secrets and pretend secre...
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