The Paris Wife by Paula McLain My rating: 3 of 5 stars The book takes place mainly in Paris. It introduces us to the pairing of Mr. Ernest Hemingway and his first wife Hadley; how they met, how they married, how they lived. It chronicles their courtship, marriage, and the ending of their...

Well, I didn’t make my 2011 Reading Goal which was to read 24 books in one year. I started off well but by mid year I fizzled. When the book club I helped create went under that’s when my reading stopped. I read a total of 16 books in 2011. Trust me, that is more than I’ve...

Breaking Night by Liz Murray “A memoir of forgiveness, survival, and my journey from homeless to Harvard.” Publisher: Hyperion Books ISBN 0786868910 It’s hard to believe this book is a memoir, a true-life story of someone’s life. I read it more like fiction because it...