Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Open Book ~ September '18


Linking up again with Carolyn to share what I've been reading and as I've recently been on vacation there are a few.


The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street continued my journey to read all things Hanff having discovered a couple of years ago that the movie I've loved for many years was based on a book and she wrote many others.  The Duchess takes Hanff (and us) to London; 84 Charing Cross is being released in England and the publishers gift she with a trip to London for the release.  Luck for us she kept a journal and that journal became a book with lots of lovely tidbits of the people she met and her impression of a city she had dreamed of visiting for so long.

The Convenient Marriage by Georgette Heyer was a bit too much caper and not enough romance for me ~ and left me wanting to have a serious sit down with our heroine Horatia who lucked into a wonderful husband and lacks the good sense to trust him.  While I don't regret reading this the book ~ it did make me want to reread one of my favorites of her's soonest!

Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan was a fun fast read with a bit too much angst but very good characterization about three generations of a Massachusetts family as summer begins and they head up to the Maine beach house won in a bet fifty years earlier.

The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley is in contention for the best book I have read this year.  It is the story of Ada who due to her clubbed foot has been kept a shut-in by her mother, so when the children from her neighborhood are evacuated to the country she makes her escape.  Written about a 10 year old for 10 year old readers issues of abuse and trust are handled gently but honestly.







Please head over to Carolyn's for more Open Book!

2 comments:

  1. The War That Saved My Life looks great. I think my 10-year-old daughter might enjoy it. Thanks for linking up!

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  2. I loved The War That Saved My Life! I think there's a second one too...

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