Sunday, August 18, 2013

A Prisoner, a Doctor, and a Widow

My Rating: 4/5 stars Review: This was an interesting book, with three very different female perspectives. There is Karen, who is on death row in a Texas prison. She is also dying of AIDS. Quite a different story than anything I've every read before. Then there is Celia, who's husband Karen murdered during her last killing spree. Her character and story is a little more of what I'm used to. Finally, there's Franny, a doctor having a hard time dealing with the death of a young cancer patient. Her uncle, the man who raised her from the age of six, after her parents were killed in a car crash, dies while working at the prison where Karen resides. This brings Franny into Karen's life, and eventually into Celia's as well. I enjoyed the short chapters, the different points of view, and the fast-paced storyline.

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Small Town Girl Makes it Big

My Rating: 4/5 Review: The book was so long, and the subject so ordinary, that you'd think it would be boring. It wasn't. I found myself enjoying Dena Nordstrom's story. She's a famous news reporter with an interesting past, and a mysterious mother who disappeared on her around Christmas a long time ago. The characters in the book are all so very real, and most of them quite humorous in their little ways. I love how Dena's character develops, and was quite pleased with the ending. Book Description: Once again, Flagg's humor and respect and affection for her characters shine forth. Many inhabit small-town or suburban America. But this time, her heroine is urban: a brainy, beautiful, and ambitious rising star of 1970s television. Dena Nordstrom, pride of the network, is a woman whose future is full of promise, her present rich with complications, and her past marked by mystery.