Category: 2017 Reviews
When Nashville isn’t on: A review Country by Danielle Steel
When Nashville isn’t on: A review Country by Danielle Steel Widow Stephanie Adams recovers from mourning her cheating husband by taking a quick trip to Las Vegas–something completely unexpected in her life. Which leads to her meeting a kind man named Chase. Unbeknownst to her until later, he’s the country star Chase Taylor. And the…
The Roanoke Girls: Breathing Life into an uncomfortable theme
The Roanoke Girls: Breathing Life into an uncomfortable theme Lane Roanoke only spent a year at her family home, but the events there still haunt her. While she’s living in California, she receives a call from her Grandfather, beckoning her to return to the family home in rural Kansas. It’s been years since she’s been…
A Fine Memoir: A Fine Romance by Candice Bergen
A Fine Memoir: A Fine Romance by Candice Bergen At its core, Candice Bergen relates her romance with late husband Louis Malle and her daughter’s life in A Fine Romance. She talks about being an independent woman who falls in love with an equally independent man and the challenges of their lives on separate continents…
Where’s my Room? Food Wars Vol 2
Where’s my Room? Food Wars Vol 2 Soma finds himself relegated to the farthest dorm on Campus (Polaris) in Food Wars Vol 2. The dormitory is run by an elderly woman (best described in the book, itself, as a crone) who challenges him to cooking something for her. As he had not been told about…
Survivor: Star Wars Ahsoka by EK Johnston
Survivor: Star Wars Ahsoka by EK Johnston Ahsoka lands on a remote moon called Raada after the devastating events of Order 66. She is in hiding, as being a Jedi is risky in these times. She befriends a young woman and the woman’s friends and she begins helping with technical repairs–all part of a way…
Top Chef, Manga-Style: Food Wars Vol 1
Top Chef, Manga-Style: Food Wars Vol 1 Soma is part of his family’s small restaurant–a hole in the wall. While he and his father have a little bit of a competitive relationship, especially when it relates to cooking, his father enrolls Soma in an elite cooking school. The school has stringent standards, and only a…