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Category: Book Review

Book Review: The Settlers
November 1, 2016 2 Comments by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: The Settlers

This is a longer than usual book review. It is also unusual for its content. This review is more about […]

Book Review: X
September 27, 2016 4 Comments by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: X

I’ve been a fan of Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone series since I first read K is for Killer in the early […]

Book Review: A Fireproof Home for the Bride
September 26, 2016 1 Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: A Fireproof Home for the Bride

I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed reading a book more than I enjoyed reading Amy Scheibe’s A Fireproof Home for […]

Book Review: China to Me: A Partial Biography
September 15, 2016 1 Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: China to Me: A Partial Biography

Emily Hahn’s China to Me: A Partial Biography is precisely the type of memoir I had hoped to write 40 […]

Book Review: The Bonfire of the Vanities
September 13, 2016 4 Comments by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: The Bonfire of the Vanities

Because of the length of Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities, I was willing to read the first 75 pages […]

Book Review: Light on Snow
September 12, 2016 1 Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: Light on Snow

In Light on Snow, 12-year-old Nicky Dillon and her father, Robert, struggle to set up a new life in a […]

Book Review: Reach for Joy
September 11, 2016 1 Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: Reach for Joy

In Reach for Joy, Tessy Reyes (a pseudonym) tells of her 30-year marriage to an independent survivalist who controlled her […]

Book Review: Unto a Good Land
September 10, 2016 1 Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: Unto a Good Land

Vilhelm Moberg’s Unto a Good Land continues the story of Karl Oskar and Kristina Nilsson’s band of Swedish emigrants from […]

Book Review: Between the World and Me
August 29, 2016 1 Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates’s treatise Between the World and Me takes the format of a series of letters from the author to […]

Book Review: Sumerland
August 28, 2016 1 Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: Sumerland

In Sumerland, M. Lee Buompensiero tells a fascinating tale that makes the case that family secrets are best uncovered and […]

Book Review: Revival
July 31, 2016 3 Comments by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: Revival

I am in awe. I want to give this book more than five stars, but I don’t want to have […]

Book Review: The Ivory Caribou
June 14, 2016 2 Comments by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: The Ivory Caribou

Recently widowed Anne O’Malley undertakes genealogical research into her father-in-law’s past as a way to remain connected to her deceased husband, […]

Book Review: The Emigrants
June 13, 2016 1 Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: The Emigrants

Eight adults, each for their own reasons, reach the point they feel abandoning their homes in Sweden in favor of […]

Book Review: Say It Like Shakespeare
June 8, 2016 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: Say It Like Shakespeare

Tom Leech’s Say It Like Shakespeare presents communication tips for business people through comparison with Shakespeare’s language. While the subtitle […]

Book Review: Wild Ginger
June 1, 2016 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: Wild Ginger

Anchee Min’s Wild Ginger relates a love story in the midst of turmoil told from the point of view of a […]

Book Review: The Genie Who Had Wishes of HIs Own
May 26, 2016 Leave a Comment by Sandra Yeaman Book Review

Book Review: The Genie Who Had Wishes of HIs Own

Margaret Harmon’s 22 21st-century fables provide lessons about greed, hubris, jealousy, pride, procrastination, living through others, idealism, creativity, wasted opportunities, optimism vs […]

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