Monthly Archives: May 2017

Your Affectionate Childhood’s Friend

Posted on May 29, 2017 by dianeledet

Henrietta’s War by Joyce Dennys is a wonderful collection of fictional letters written from an English woman named Henrietta to her friend Robert serving in the military during World War Two. Dennys was an artist, writer, doctor’s wife, and mother. … Continue reading →

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Fast Forward

Posted on May 26, 2017 by dianeledet

Every Anxious Wave, Mo Daviau Continue reading →

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Fairy Tales

Posted on May 23, 2017 by dianeledet

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Frederik Backman completes my reading of the author’s work. What a joy it has been! This story is about a precocious almost eight-year-old girl named Elsa who quotes Wikipedia, is … Continue reading →

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Hidden Truths

Posted on May 21, 2017 by dianeledet

What it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky by Leslie Nneka Arimah is a short story collection by an author who is originally from the UK and lived in Nigeria Her unique stories are harsh and told in … Continue reading →

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Unwelcome

Posted on May 19, 2017 by dianeledet

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee is a fictional family saga about Koreans living in Japan during and after World War Two. It is almost 500 pages in length and took me weeks to read. The tale involves a young Korean … Continue reading →

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On Thin Ice

Posted on May 15, 2017 by dianeledet

Beartown by Frederik Backman is a new release by an author I have recently come to admire and follow. Although his new novel takes on the serious topic of an isolated small town whose identity centers on their boys hockey … Continue reading →

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Not Again

Posted on May 12, 2017 by dianeledet

When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson was recommended by my friend Joan. I am glad she did so because I really liked this book! The story starts off with a bang, well not a literal bang, but … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 8, 2017 by dianeledet

The Art Thief by Noah Charney took me some time to grasp. On some levels, I enjoyed it. The story about three paintings which are stolen in three different countries has a good deal of art interpretation and is a … Continue reading →

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J’accuse

Posted on May 4, 2017 by dianeledet

The Spy:A Novel by Paulo Coelho is a short book based on the life of Mata Hari. Translated from the original Portuguese, it is an interesting story of a famous woman dancer who was executed as a spy in France … Continue reading →

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