This could be the most difficult review I have ever written. I loved the book. In many ways it is my favorite love story but it is so much more, so much more. I am sure that there are people who will not agree with Mary's decision about how to die. Yes the book has a tragedy that you know about...
I wanted to like this book, really I did. The first 150 pages went by at a snail pace an if I had to read one more story about cross, I would have given up! So boring. About midway through the book, it got much better and the ending was sweet. I guess the author was trying to stay creative and bl...
It's taken me a few days to get this review written, just because it's hard to know what to say about a book that you love so much. I just loved everything about this book. The storyline was great, the characters were loveable, the writing was absolutely poetical, and I just could not put it do...
This book may seem somewhat slow in the beginning, but by the time you have finished reading you will understand that all the details were absolutely necessary. There is so much love, romantic as well as familial, and so much joy that when you see the tradgic event coming you almost can't believe...
I read this book over Memorial Weekend. I was immediately drawn in to Margaret's world. This is a thought provoking story that keeps your mind engaged and your heart torn between reality and morality, between what was and what is, and accepting the sweet moments life has to offer right now. I f...
“Black tips and reef sharks,” Tommy, my brother, said with his short, breathy voice that made him sound like a little old man. “Maybe tigers and bulls, too. Definitely bulls.” I nodded and let him go sharky on her. Mainly, I had my eye on my mom, who had stopped about half...
“I’m freezing,” Delores said first thing when she felt me moving. I couldn’t see her. She had the sleeping bag over her head. “Start the engine a little,” I said. “I’m going to check on Speed. It snowed.” “Did not,” she said, sitting up and looking around. She looked sleepy and confused. “Holy mo...
Sometimes you find yourself living through something, and you realize that the people doing the things to you are acting out a script they have seen on TV, and so are you, but neither one of you can say anything to stop it and you both go along in a crazy sort of dance. That’s what it felt like i...