I liked this book enough to go out looking for more by Dillon. Very happy ( Read more... )

Chloe Parker has an eight year old. She is a divorcee. She has a floundering letterpress business. And of course she a massive Jane Austen fan ( Read more... )

Benny is a dairy farmer in a small village in Sweden. Desiree (called Shrimp by Benny) is a frumpy and fastidious librarian living in a town close by ( Read more... )

If you like Downton Abbey or Upstairs Downstairs, this is a good book for you! If you're interested in woman's history issues or the history of the beginning of the 20th century in England or the history of class warfare (for lack of a better way of putting it ( Read more... )

This is a mild book in a mild series. It takes place in the early 60s in Northern Ireland. The two main characters are the Doctor of the village of Ballybucklebo, Dr Fingal O'Reilly and Dr Barry Laverty who is learning the trade from O'Reilly ( Read more... )

This kid's book is a long version of a short story published quite a while ago. It's a retelling of Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs in 20th century Appalachia ( Read more... )

This cozy mystery takes place in Wales (duh). It was ok but uninspiring. I pretty much skimmed through the whole thing which was my fault. I wonder if I had read it more slowly if I would have liked it better ( Read more... )

This is a non-fiction book. A man in 1933 Canton OH submits an ad to the local newspaper. He is going to give away some money to deserving white collar people who have fallen on hard times. He was going to give $10 each, but he ends up doubling the number of people and halving the amount to $5. This is the story of that man, his grandson and the ( Read more... )

The Neddiad: how Neddie took the train, went to Hollywood and saved civilization  is a kid's book and quite funny as you might expect from Daniel Pinkwater.

It starts with Neddie in Chicago with his family sometime after WWII. Neddie hears about the Brown Derby restaurant - a restaurant shaped like a hat. He's intrigued and tells his dad. Dad loves ( Read more... )

I read A Pug's Tale earlier in the year and enjoyed it enough to get and read Pug Hill, the book that came before it.

We see Hope in this story having problems with her boyfriend. I didn't really like him. Hope decides she doesn't either.

She hasn't got a pug in this book but visits Pug Hill regularly and watches the pugs.

The main part of the story ( Read more... )