Look what’s happened in the two weeks since I last posted the SCN Book Reviews! I know…I know…spring is finally on her way in and the outside will be calling to you. But is there is ever not a good time to open up a book?
Take a look at these recent reviews and see if something doesn’t grab your interest. (Please purchase books through our book review site. By doing so you’re supporting SCN’s many programs and women’s lifewriting work.)
Want to get inside the mind of an author? Read on…
Reviewer Rhonda Esakov says GRAVE SECRET, the final book in Charlaine Harris' Harper Connelly series, “effectively ties together all the story lines of the prior three books” and “this is her best series and some of her best writing, and I will be sorry to say goodbye to her wonderful characters.”
In CHEAP: THE HIGH COST OF DISCOUNT CULTURE, reviewed by Susan Andrus, author Ellen R. Shell shows the reader that discounts may not be the bargains we’ve been lead to believe they are.
AS IF IT DIDN'T HAPPEN by Maggie Claire (reviewed by Donna Remmert) is a courageous memoir of childhood trauma, multiple personality disorder and healing from one of SCN's members (pseudonym).
Crisp and well-written, WINTER OF SECRETS, WINTER OF SECRETS by Vicki Delany, is a mystery set in
A GOLDEN WEB by Barbara Quick (Reviewed by Becca Taylor) is an inspiring story for teens of Alessandra Giliani, the first female anatomist.
Enjoy powerful fiction about strong women? SELENE OF ALEXANDRIA by Faith Justice might be just the story for you. Reviewer Jennifer Melville couldn’t put this book down.
TOAD COTTAGES & SHOOTING STARS by Sharon Lovejoy (Reviewed by Susan Albert) is a delightful handbook for young-at-heart grannies.
Reviewer Susan Ideus found STILL ALICE by Lisa Genova "Beautifully crafted, emotionally evocative, riveting." A must read.
WHEN I CAME WEST by Laurie Buyer (Reviewed by Susan Albert) is a compelling wilderness memoir of a young woman’s love of wilderness life.
How about a paranormal page-turner? THE BODY FINDER, by Kimberly Derting is just that. Reviewer Becca Taylor found the characters easy to identify with and the romance, action and suspense thrilling.
Susan Tweit interviews author Julie Weston, for a behind-the-book story of THE GOOD TIMES ARE ALL GONE NOW.
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