Cider House Rules

2009 National Book Festival Authors Announced!!!

Through Facebook, I noticed that the authors for the 2009 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. have been announced. Thank God I was sitting down when I read it! Click here for the link to the site which contains the entire list. The following are the ones I’m absolutely thrilled and excited about: TEENS & [...]

May Book Give Away

It’s May and spring is finally here. I’m in the mood to do some spring cleaning and I thought I might provide my readers with the gift of a new book. This year I’ve received several Advance Reader’s Copies of books and I’ve reviewed them here at Literate Housewife. Five of them are part of [...]

#14 ~ The Cider House Rules

The Cider House Rules by John Irving Of the 13 books that have preceded this, The Cider House Rules has been by far the hardest to read. The first 100 pages were more difficult than I had imagined. I never wanted to know what the inside of a uterus feels/sounds like when a D&C is [...]