Several months ago, when I was compiling the list of books I’ve reviewed for this blog, I found some that I had forgotten all about. That doesn’t necessarily meant that I didn’t enjoy them. They just didn’t stick with me. There were others that easily remembered and know that they were read and raved about [...]
#100 ~ House and Home & My 100th Review Contest
8 Sep By 50 Comments
Today I have the great pleasure of hosting Kathleen McCleary on her House and Home book tour sponsored by TLC Book Tours. I very much appreciate the invitation to participate in this tour as well as the opportunity to read Kathleen’s novel. Please click on Kathleen’s name below to visit her website. Click on the [...]
#94 ~ Castaway Kid
16 Aug By 1 Comment
Castaway Kid: One Man’s Search for Hope and Home by R.B. Mitchell In Castaway Kid, R.B. Mitchell revisits his childhood spent in an orphanage just outside of Chicago and the impact that had on his life. He is the only child of two parents who were very mentally ill. His father incapacitated himself during a [...]
#93 ~ Surviving Ben’s Suicide
7 Aug By 13 Comments
Surviving Ben’s Suicide: A Woman’s Journey of Self-Discovery by C. Comfort Shields When Comfort Shields was a freshman at Sarah Lawrence she met and fell in love with Ben, a former Navy recruit who joined the college as a second year freshman. Their relationship would impact Shields’ life on many levels. While he initially helped [...]
#91 ~ Rabies Mom
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Rabies Mom by Pat Carroll and Jack McGowan This book tells the story of Pat Carroll’s failed marriage to Jeanine, a mentally unstable alcoholic and drug addict, and the toll it took on his six children. Shannon, the fourth of six, paid the ultimate price for her mother’s negligence. She died of rabies in a [...]
#89 ~ 37
26 Jul By 5 Comments
37 by Maria Beaumont As someone whose 37th birthday is quickly approaching, I could not turn down the opportunity to read this novel by Maria Beaumont. It chronicles the approaching midlife of Fran Clark, a talented former voice over actress living in London. Fran left acting 10 years earlier when she started her family with [...]
#85 ~ Aberrations
13 Jul By 7 Comments
Aberrations by Penelope Przekop When tragedy strikes during a child’s infancy and childhood, how much should that child’s parent reveal to the child and when? The main character of this novel is Angel, the only daughter of an attorney and a budding art photographer. When Angel’s mother dies while she is an infant, her father [...]
My Grandmother’s Journal
11 Jul By Leave a Comment
It is with great pleasure that I announce The Literate Housewife Review’s very first guest post by Diana M. Raab, the author of Regina’s Closet: Finding My Grandmother’s Secret Journal. I hope that you enjoy her reflections on her grandmother and how she encouraged the young writer in Diana: At the age of ten years [...]
#84 ~ Regina’s Closet
9 Jul By 8 Comments
Regina’s Closet: Finding My Grandmother’s Secret Journal by Diana M. Raab If ever there was a granddaughter who loved her grandmother, Diana M. Raab is that granddaughter. In her book, she lovingly weaves a memorial to her grandmother Regina through her own remembrances as the precious journal Raab’s mother found in the closet, decades after [...]
#83 ~ Admit One
6 Jul By 8 Comments
Admit One: A Journey into Film by Emmett James When I was offered the opportunity to read this memoir, I was extremely excited. I’ve always loved movies and this love is something my husband and I share in common. Danny studied to work in film during college, where he worked very hard to create and [...]
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