Reviewed by L.D.Y. Trade, 384 pages, 2008 Rating: 9/10 Reason for Reading: Just treating myself to a little chick-lit. Synopsis: Lizzie Buckley should have been living the ideal life – a loving husband, adorable twin kids – but her postpartum depression prompts her to write a frustrated email to her sister – or so she […]

Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover, 305 pages, 2008 Rating: 10/10 Reason for Reading: I’ve read about half of Shreve’s novels and I’ve enjoyed them all so far. Synopsis: A private school erupts in scandal when a sex tape is discovered, featuring a fourteen-year-old girl, three male students eighteen and older, and an unknown cameraperson. The story […]

Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover, 394 pages, 2007 Rating: 10/10 Reason for Reading: I love old movies, so a story with (a fictionalized) Errol Flynn, star of movies like ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood’ and ‘Captain Blood,’ living in Jamaica sounded too good to resist. Synopsis: When movie-star Errol Flynn washes up on the shores of […]

Reviewed by L.D.Y. Trade, 288 pages, 2008 Rating: 9/10 Reason for Reading: I love my chick-lit. Synopsis: Ava and her little sister Lauren have always felt their places within the family, even if it wasn’t spelled out for them: Ava, now a lawyer, is the smart one; Lauren, now a (just-fired) buyer/stylist for a boutique, […]

Reviewed by L.D.Y. Trade, 326 pages, 2008 Rating: 9/10 Reason for Reading: The cover just looked so vivacious that I knew these sisters were characters that I’d like to meet. Synopsis: Before the Gabald&#243n sisters’ live-in-maid, Fermina, dies, she promises the four girls a gift, something she is giving to each of them because their […]

Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover, 288 pages, 2008 Rating: 9/10 Reason for Reading: I’ve heard good things about it. Synopsis: When Scarlet’s mother dies, she looks back over her life – which includes birdwatching, meeting the love of her life, environmental activism, art, and two life-long friends – comparing and contrasting the life of her mother […]

Reviewed by L.D.Y. Trade, 406 pages, 2007 Rating: 8/10 Reason for Reading: The cover made it seem like a no-brainer for a good summer read. Synopsis: Three women arrive in Nantucket looking to escape their everyday lives – Brenda has just left her job after a scandal and has little hope of finding another one; […]

Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover, 409 pages, 2008 Rating: 9/10 Reason for Reading: I liked Hilderbrand’s novel Barefoot. Synopsis: Claire is a woman looking for something to do after her career as a professional glass-blower ended when she allowed herself to get swept up in her creative process and a tragedy occurred. Thinking the answer might […]

Reviewed by L.D.Y. Trade, 263 pages, 2007 Rating: 10/10 Reason for Reading: Part of my plan to read all of the Booker Prize Winners. Synopsis: When her brother Liam is found in the sea at Brighton, an apparent suicide, Veronica can’t quite believe it – or maybe she can. He was an alcoholic, something that […]