Marie's book garden

What Alice Forgot , by Liane Moriarty Interesting premise: Australian Alice hits her head at the gym and when she wakes up, she's lost...

The Fault in Our Stars , by John Green It seems that people either love this book (some obsessively) or hate it (calling it cancer porn)...

House of Prayer No. 2 , by Mark Richard Clearly, Mark Richard has a gift for writing. The end of this book made it all worth while for me,...

The Light between Oceans , by M.L. Stedman I'm dreadfully behind in my book reviews and have three to catch up on. I read The Light be...

Gone Girl , by Gillian Flynn This thriller novel was nothing like I expected it to be. I thought it would be more of a kidnapping type of s...

Strength in What Remains , by Tracy Kidder Before I read this book, I knew very little about Burundi. After reading this memorable nar...

My Notorious Life , by Kate Manning I LOVED this book, but it's probably not for everyone. Kate Manning was inspired to write this boo...

The Invention of Wings , by Sue Monk Kidd I love novels like this, when I learn about historical figures through fictionalized accounts of...

Thirteen Reasons Why , by Jay Asher I read this book because it got my 17-year-old son hooked on reading again. Before Hannah commits su...

Oryx and Crake , by Margaret Atwood It is telling that I didn't realize Oryx and Crake was a trilogy and was upset to discover its ope...

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian , by Sherman Alexie I've been wanting to read this book for awhile--many of my friend...

My Basmati Bat Mitzvah , by Paula L. Freedman Drawn to this book because of its cover and title, I found it to be a light middle-grade rea...

Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead , by  Sheryl Sandberg Every woman needs to read this book. Sandberg, chief operating of...

Code Name Verity , by Elizabeth Wein I LOVED this book...in fact, it's my favorite so far in 2014. I would not have been drawn to the ...

The Ayah's Tale , by Sujata Massey Sujata Massey , author of the wonderful The Sleeping Dictionary and the Rei Shimura series, has wr...

The Weight of Silence , by Heather Gudenkauf In this quiet, easy read, seven-year-old Calli Clark is best friends with Petra Gregory. Alth...

A Game of Thrones , by George R.R. Martin Or as I call it, A Game of Endless Unlikable Characters .  My husband DEVOURS these books. Whe...

The Chaperone , by Laura Moriarty I took a break from reading A Game of Thrones to read The Chaperone, and I found it to be highly engros...

With my family at the City Lights Bookstore  in San Francisco in August Here are the best books I read in 2013. Click the title to read ...

I Am Malala , by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb What an inspiring young woman! With assistance from writer Christina Lamb, Malala ...