by jlo | Jan 24, 2022 | Jennifer Lamont Leo
I enjoyed this book a lot. The story moves between 2 time periods (1985 and WWII) and 2 narrators, but I was never confused about what was going on. I found myself drawn equally into both storylines, which is rare in a dual-time-period novel (usually one story or the...
by jlo | Jun 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was the first Pym book I ever read, and it got me hooked, back in the 1980s. Love her quiet English wit and observations on her characters’ small but interesting worlds. Reading her books makes me pay...
by jlo | Nov 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
Edited to add: Little did I know that, on the same day that I was writing this post, Paris was undergoing an incredible tragedy at the hands of terrorists. Our hearts and prayers are with the people of the City of Light. Vive la France. Many years ago, as a college...
by jlo | Sep 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
Living in the Pacific Northwest, I took a special interest in Jane Kirkpatrick’s new novel, The Memory Weaver, based on the true story of Eliza Spalding, daughter of real-life missionaries Henry and Eliza Spaulding. The elder Spauldings, along with Marcus and...
by jlo | Nov 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
Be honest now–who among us did not, at one time or another, dream of being Cinderella? I know I did–to suddenly be transformed from an awkward adolescent with quirky hair, bad skin, and a full metal jacket of braces, not to mention oddball interests like...
