Category Archives: Book Review

Book Reviews (Listed Alphabetically by Title)

The Paradise Problem

I’ve never read a book from this writing duo, so I’m looking forward to checking out her work finally. Early reviews about The Paradise Problem sound like it’s a breezy, playful romance about a fake relationship. Based on what others are saying I’m expecting a story that’s fun and full of entertaining hijinks! What to …

The Teacher: Recap & Summary

Prologue Part I Part II Part III Epilogue Prologue The book opens with an unnamed narrator trying to dig an unmarked grave in the middle of the woods before the sun comes up. Part I Chapters 1 – 9 THREE MONTHS EARLIER Eve Bennett and Nate Bennettare a married couple living an orderly life. Nate …

The Teacher

The Teacher by Frieda McFadden wasn’t really on my radar before it came out earlier this month, but early reviews have been pretty positive. I was thinking about going see a friend’s band perform at a bar nearby tonight, but it’s been rainy and overcast this weekend, so I thought this could be a good …

The Women

In The Women, Kristin Hannah continues her strong record of telling compelling and intimate historical dramas about women, this time focusing on a nurse serving in Vietnam. Frankie’s character has clearly been crafted to serve the story and provides a vehicle to represent the experiences of the female veterans of Vietnam. Through Frankie, Hannah explores …

The Women: Recap & Summary by Chapter

Part I Part II Part I Chapter One CORONADO ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, MAY 1966 In May 1966, Frances “Frankie” Grace McGrath, 20, is dressed up for an opulent bon voyage party at the upscale McGrath family estate. It’s situated on Coronado Beach, between famed Hotel Coronado and the Naval Air Station North Island, near San Diego. …