With great appreciation for his quick wit and clear observations, reading this book felt like chatting with a friend. It was surprising to learn about how insecure Mr. Brown felt when younger. The only thing missing were his grandmother's buttered biscuits.

Jenny was in an unhappy marriage and ended up having an affair. She fell deeply in love and there were many missed opportunities and lost years. So sad. At least it had a happy ending.

I love the way Fiona Davis weaves her stories around historical buildings in NYC. This one is centered around the NY Public Library and a family that lives within the building.

This was an enjoyable and funny mystery that kept me guessing. Dana, our heroine, is a 29 year old unemployed actress who gets a gig hosting a program for the Shopping Network. On her first day, another star host is found dead. Lots of false leads and romance with two men. A very entertaining novel!

This is a solid book. Some of the (main) reveals were instantly predictable, but the story was well done and interesting. I think it is dun and sad how the story takes place in the era(s) I grew up in. I am getting very old if I related to the timing in the flashback periods of thriller novels. The ending was a little hodgepodge and random. Plus there were still some things that were unexplained (and one unnecessary), but I am excited to read more from Finlay

If you enjoyed Interview With a Vampire you will like Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil. This book is the epic story of three women bound by love and bloodlust. Sabine, Charlotte and Alice unwind their stories and connections to each other covering decades of years both together and apart. Love becomes their undoing. I enjoyed this book and recommend it as a must read.

If I had not recently read Anne Frank's diary and visited the exhibition I would not have read When We Flew Away. It is difficult reading a book that is part fiction based on fact when you know the ending unless the story is compelling. When We Flew Away was not that compelling.

This book made me laugh, cry, and anxious to read how the characters manage the course of events. I could not put it down. My family had summer bungalow on Long Island (not on Fire Island) for 20 years. It was a small community where wives and children lived at the beach all summer and husbands came out after work on Fridays for the weekend. So many of scenes so beautifully portrayed mirrored my memories. Do not miss reading this book.

Marianne is a sixty year old German woman stuck in a loveless marriage and tries to kill herself. She is saved by three homeless men and her husband commits her to a mental institution. She escapes and ends up in a quaint town in Brittany, France where she makes herself a happy life with friends and joy. When her husband tracks her down will Marianne take him back and go back to her former life? Read a find out. I recommend this book. It was an easy read and you really root for Marianne’s happiness.

A Palestinian comes to visit his childhood home and encounters the Israeli who currently lives there, thus starts a dialog between them. I didn't feel that the viewpoints were balanced.