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Name : Marianne D.

My Reviews

Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson
 
Inspiring, Beautiful, Insightful
astrid and veronika

I thought the book was rather dull. No drama between the two women. It just didn't go anywhere

The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
 
Interesting, Inspiring, Dramatic
the glass castle

It was a great read, I love it.

The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
 
Life Changing, Dark, Insightful
the painted veil

Thought is was quite borining in some parts.

 
Interesting, Dramatic, Epic
middlesex, a novel oprah book club

 
Informative, Slow, Insightful
the zookeepers wife-a war story

Queen of Broken Hearts by Cassandra King
 
queen of broken hearts

 
Insightful, Dramatic, Interesting
nineteen minutes is a good read

Everybody in out book club really loved this book, most could not put it down. One person stayed up until three in the morning reading this book. I loved the characters and the ending. We plan on reading another one of her books in the future.

 
Insightful, Informative, Interesting
curious incident of the dog in the night-time

Our book club loved it. We had a good discussion about the book. The author was good about decribing the character about autism.

Run: A Novel by Ann Patchett
 
Adventurous, Inspiring, Insightful
Run by ann patchett

Run was read by our book club. And we really wasn't too thrilled about. We liked her first book bettwe Bel Canto. One person liked because it was a really good read with no conflicts. We also didn't think the book really got anywhere. It didn't really get into the characters.

Before The Storm by Diane Chamberlain
 
Before the storm

Our book club really enjoyed this book. She also called us to discuss the book. I went to her website and emailed her to call us and she did. A very nice lady and we had a good discussion about the book and can't wait until her sequel comes out.

 
Difficult, Fun, Slow
emma by jane austin

Our group could not understand this book. Very hard to understand. We all tried but didn't understand the book.

Loving Frank: A Novel by Nancy Horan
 
Informative, Interesting, Dramatic
loving frank

Our book club really enjoyed this book. A couple of us didn't like the character of mamah and thought Frank was a narcist. But we really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to people to read.

 
Insightful, Inspiring, Interesting
The color of water

Our book club overall really didn't like it. We really wanted to more of how she raised her children. Not much information in the book.

 
Book Club Recommended
Informative, Dramatic, Dark
Dramatic, additive book

Everybody loved the book, It was a good read. They were surprised that the author helped him out so much. We all though that she probably liked him at some point. But overall, it was a good read.

Secrets She Left Behind by Diane Chamberlain
 
Book Club Recommended
Fantastic, Interesting, Dramatic
Great Book to read

Our book club really enjoyed the sequel. We thought it was written very well. We were wondering if there could be another story in the works.

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
 
Insightful, Interesting, Gloomy
olive kitteridge

Our group liked it but the stories left you guessing on what has happened. We all thought olive was a person who was negative alot, such as a crab apple. It wasn't a page turner but it was ok book.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
 
Informative, Fun, Interesting
Very boring

I thought it was a bit boring, Not much detail in the characters and I wasn't rushing to read the book. Light read and quick.

 
Book Club Recommended
Interesting, Insightful, Informative
Change of Heart

Most of the group liked it, there was one that didn't like the characters. But overall, we loved the storyline.

Knit Two by Kate Jacobs
 
Book Club Recommended
Slow, Inspiring, Adventurous
Knit two by kate jacobs

Our group liked it, we thought it was a little slow but liked the characters. We also thought it had a walt disney ending. Wondering when the movie is coming out.

 
Book Club Recommended
Dark, Gloomy, Dramatic
a widow for one year

Everybody in our club loved the book. It was a long book but a page turner. Everybody liked the ending, the book kept you guessing.

 
Book Club Recommended
Boring, Life Changing, Dramatic
TRAVELING WITH POEMGRANATES

A couple of the people in the book club didn't like it at all. couldn't finish it. Also a couple of people liked and and it related to them with their daughters. It was an ok book, could have been better.

The Loves of Kate Livingston by Diana Humphrey Johnson
 
Poorly Written, Romantic, Graphic
A story full of love

Most of the memebers, didn't really like the book. It was poorly written with alot of errors in the book. It was a romantic novel with a happy ending. The story was interesting and you wanted to read on to continue the story. But was a bit boring.

 
Book Club Recommended
Informative, Life Changing, Interesting
The Omnivore's Dilemma

The people in the group that read the book, liked it and it was full of information about the foods we eat. Try to go to farmers market and buy local foods and also try to buy grass fed beef and poultry.

The Swan Thieves: A Novel by Elizabeth Kostova
 
Book Club Recommended
Interesting, Beautiful, Slow
The Swain Theives

Everybody in the book club really liked it. It was a interesting book, not much drama going on but the characters were interesting and the book was well written.

Dead Weight by Batt Humphreys
 
Book Club Recommended
Insightful, Dramatic, Interesting
Dead Weight

Everybody liked it alright. It wasn't a smash it with everybody. Some said it was poorly written and the story just didn't seem real. Like who would leave there house after a hurricane and go to new york and just leave your house when it is in shambles. But some of it was true, charleston did have a hurricane in 1910 and the jail was correct. Nice love story.

 
Book Club Recommended
Dramatic, Interesting, Insightful
Let the Great World spin

Everybody in the group really liked it. Two people, just couldn't finished it. It was really good and all the characters connected one way or another. The first two chapters were hard to get thru, but after that the book was really getting interesting. good book to read.

 
Book Club Recommended
Dramatic, Interesting, Adventurous
The girl with the dragoon tattoo

Everybody loved this book in the club, and wants to read the second book.

 
Fun, Beautiful, Romantic
the knit season

The book club liked her first and second book, but we thought that this book was pointless. There wasn't much drama and it just wasn't really good. We had a discussion for about 5 mins and went on to other stuff.

 
Book Club Recommended
Dramatic, Adventurous, Interesting
The Girl who Played with Fire

Everybody loved the book and we are going to read the third book.

Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue
 
Book Club Recommended
Dramatic, Interesting, Insightful
Room

Our book club really liked the book. It was really addictive and couldn't put it down. After the middle though it kinds went down hill. Nothing much happened, but it was a really good book.

 
Book Club Recommended
Dramatic, Adventurous, Interesting
the last child

Everybody in the group loved it. We loved all of the twist and turns the author wrote about. Recommend this book. It was a page turner

 
Book Club Recommended
Slow, Boring, Insightful
FREEDOM

Everybody liked it, they didn't like the characters, they were not normal. Some of the story was a bit too long, But was a good book.

 
Unconvincing, Pointless, Difficult
Oreo

Everybody in the book club did not like the book. We all could not finish it. We even didn't meet to discuss the book, because it was awful!

 
Book Club Recommended
Informative, Interesting, Insightful
The immortal life of henrietta lacks

Everybody really liked the book. They felt sorry for the lacks family and what they had to go thru. Some had mixed feeling on whether the family should have been reimbursed.

The Tender Bar: A Memoir by J. R. Moehringer
 
Book Club Recommended
Interesting, Insightful, Dramatic
tender bar

Everybody loved the book, liked the story.

Iron House by John Hart
 
Book Club Recommended
Dramatic, Graphic, Beautiful
Iron House

Everybody mostly liked it, It wasn't his best book, It was ok. Not everybody was convinced on the story line.

The Paris Wife: A Novel by Paula Mclain
 
Book Club Recommended
Interesting, Informative, Insightful
The paris wife

Everybody liked the book, liked some of the characters.

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