Bi-Monthly Book Reviews

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!  Below you will find my bi-monthly book list and brief reviews with 5 stars being the best.

BOOK REVIEWS

When She Woke, Hilary Jordan - 5 stars
I found this to be a RIVETING, creative novel based on the book The Scarlet Letter.

Getting Past Your Past:  EDMR (which stands for Eye Desensitization Movement and Reprocessing) by Francine Shapiro - 2 stars
EDMR is something that I've been working on personally.  The whole concept is extremely complicated and someday I'll share my experience.  This book does a decent job explaining the process.

Sarah's Key, by Tatiana de Rosney - 5 stars
I LOVED this book about the French involvement in the concentration camps of World War II - great book.

12 Tribes of Hattie, by Ayana Mathis - 3 stars
This is Oprah's Book Club current pick, but the book focuses on 12 different characters and I really wanted to know more about each one so I felt a bit frustrated but the book was well worth my time.

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon - 4 stars
This is our book club pick for March and I thoroughly enjoyed this book about a female entrepreneur and her family in Kabul, Afghanistan.  I feel like I learned more about the Afghan culture and it was non-violent as compared to 10,000 Splendid Suns and the Kite Runner (amazing books btw).

MY NEXT READ:

Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - I'm excited to delve into this novel.

Thank-you to Lit Lovers for the adorable cartoon

My St. Patrick's Day was full of house chores and a great ski with my friend Colleen.  How was your St. Patrick's Day?  What book do you recommend?  If I had to pick a book from above I'd pick Sarah's Key first with When She Woke as a close second.

Thanks for reading,

Kristin

P.S. - I heard Gail Francis speak this week about her adventurous hike along the entire Pacific Crest Trail (California to Canada) and her presentation was amazing and inspiring - she's writing a book too.  I bring this up because I want to remind you about the book Wild by Cheryl Strayed which I still highly recommend if you haven't read it yet.