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The Marriage Plot Readalong ~ Week 2

Week 2 is finally here. I’ve heard from a couple participants that while it was relatively easy to put the book down after the first section, it’s not as easy after finishing this week’s sections. I hope that everyone is feeling that way at least a little bit. It’s a sign you’re enjoying the book. [...]

Filed Under: Books, fiction, Reading Tagged With: Brilliant Move, Family, Jeffrey Eugenides, mental illness, Pilgrims, post-college life, The Marriage Plot

#370 ~ If Jack’s In Love

29 Sep By Jennifer 15 Comments

If Jack’s in Love by Stephen Wetta Published by: Amy Einhorn Books Published on: September 29, 2011 Page Count: 368 Genre: Literary Fiction My Reading Format: ARC copy sent by the publisher for consideration Available Formats: Hardcover and eBook My Review It’s the late 60s in Virginia and Jack Witcher is an 11-year-old boy who [...]

Filed Under: book review, fiction, male author Tagged With: 1960s, Amy Einhorn Books, coming of age, Family, If Jack's In Love, Stephen Wetta, Virginia, young love

#348 ~ The Family Fang

9 Aug By Jennifer 4 Comments

The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson Published by: Ecco Books Published on: August 9, 2011 Page Count: 320 Genre: Literary Fiction My Reading Format: ARC sent to me by the publisher for review Available Formats: Hardcover, eBook My Review Growing up, Annie and Buster Fang were known to those who followed their parents’ performance art [...]

Filed Under: book review, fiction, male author Tagged With: artists, Ecco Books, Family, Kevin Wilson, meaning of art, Parenting, The Family Fang

Thoughts From a Blogging Life

3 May By Jennifer 13 Comments

So I had a nice little blogging jag going on there in April. I posted 4 or 5 times a week leading up until my short trip to Grand Rapids. I was walking around feeling satisfied, like Lloyd Dobbler before Diane Court gave him a pen. Then Grand Rapids happened. For one reason or another, [...]

Filed Under: About Literate Housewife Tagged With: blogging, Decemberists, Family, life

#329 ~ Born Under a Lucky Moon

22 Apr By Jennifer 2 Comments

Born Under a Lucky Moon by Dana Precious Published by: William Morrow Published on: February 2011 Page Count: 419 Genre: Women’s Fiction My Reading Format: Review copy sent to me by the publisher for consideration Available Formats: Paperback and eBook My Review Jeannie Thompson, a marketing executive for Oxford Pictures in Hollywood, has a problem. [...]

Filed Under: book review, female author, fiction Tagged With: Born Under a Lucky Moon, Dana Precious, Family, Hollywood, Lake Michigan, Michigan, Muskegon

#182 ~ The Goodbye Cousins

17 Jul By Jennifer 4 Comments

The Goodbye Cousins by Maggie Leffler Di, short for Diotima, was born in Pittsburgh. After her parent’s divorce and her father’s remarriage when she was eleven, her psychic mother kidnapped her and took her to Europe. There, she was constantly on the move. Her mother loved her, but she moved around a lot and never [...]

Filed Under: book review, female author, fiction Tagged With: Diagnosis of Love, Diotima, divorce, Family, kidnapping, Maggie Leffler, Mental disorder, relationships, Single parent, The Goodbye Cousins

#166 ~ Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

25 May By Jennifer 14 Comments

Happy Memorial Day everyone! I am happy to be Jamie Ford’s tour host today as part of his Pump Up Your Book Promotion blog tour. I won a signed ARC copy of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet from Marcia at The Printed Page last year and have been looking for an opportunity [...]

Filed Under: book review, book tour, Historical Fiction, male author, War Through the Generations Tagged With: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Family, father/son relationships, History, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A Novel, interratial relationships, Jamie Ford, Japenese, Japenese evacuations, jazz music, Memorial Day, Seattle, World War II

#165 ~ The Blue Notebook

20 May By Jennifer 24 Comments

The Blue Notebook by James Levine The Blue Notebook tells the story of Batuk, a 9-year-old girl who is sold by her family into prostitution in Mumbai. We meet Batuk as a more experienced prostitute, living in what she calls a nest. It is from there that she lures her clients, makes “sweet cakes” with [...]

Filed Under: book review, fiction, male author Tagged With: child prostitution, Family, James Levine, Mumbai, Prostitution, sex trafficking, The Blue Notebook

Thursday’s Thoughts ~ Early Childhood Memories

5 Mar By Jennifer 6 Comments

What are your earliest childhood memories? How old were you at the time? Why do you think those memories are what stayed? How are those memories important to you? This week is my question and I’m so excited! I am always curious to hear about other people’s earliest childhood memories. If you are too, here’s [...]

Filed Under: Thursday's Thoughts Tagged With: Bob Barker, Donny & Marie, early childhood memories, Elvis Presley, Family

#36 ~ A Spot of Bother

16 Aug By Literate Housewife 2 Comments

A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon As I was reading this, book I kept wondering to myself why it is that I don’t care for British comedies in film. A British comedy in writing just cracks me up. While I’m sure that I miss many things simply from not being British, a cussing Brit [...]