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Book Review: “Pieces Of My Mother: A Memoir” By Melissa Cistaro

July 6, 2015 by Christine Stock 3 Comments

I was a tad annoyed last month when my husband gave me a Fitbit for our anniversary. It’s not that I didn’t appreciate the thought, or the gift for that matter. The size of the box had suggested jewelry, which got my heart racing, but the contents encouraged exercise. Well, rats. I’m “blessed” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Reviews Tagged With: A Piece of My Mother, book club, book review, bookmarked, books, Melissa Cistaro, Memoirs, women's lit

Book Review: “Under A Dark Summer Sky” By Vanessa Lafaye

June 23, 2015 by Christine Stock 1 Comment

I’m so happy summer has arrived that I noticed myself skipping the other day. I’m not a cold weather gal and this past winter was a test on my sanity. I broke it up by two trips to the sunny south, which gave me the motivation to carry on until the spring thaw. If you live in a cold climate like I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Reviews Tagged With: book club, book review, bookmarked, books, historical fiction, hurricane, Under a Dark Summer Sky, Vanessa Lafaye, women's lit

Book Review: “Hugo And Rose” By Bridget Foley

June 11, 2015 by Christine Stock Leave a Comment

A couple of years ago, when my daughter was around seven years old, she became adamant about not sleeping in her own room. My husband and I came to dread bedtime: evenings that had once followed a fairly regimented routine were suddenly filled with strife. And we almost always lost. No matter what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Reviews Tagged With: book club, book review, bookmarked, books, Bridget Foley, Hugo and Rose

Book Review: “Hope and Other Luxuries” By Clare B. Dunkle

June 2, 2015 by Christine Stock 1 Comment

My daughter was three years old when her foot was mangled in an escalator. A friend and I had taken our daughters to the movies and we were enjoying listening to them talk excitedly about the characters while we walked out of the theatre. They were still young enough to believe wholeheartedly in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Reviews Tagged With: anorexia, anorexia nervosa, book club, book review, bookmarked, Clare Dunkle, eating disorders, Elena Dunkle, Elena Vanishing, Hope and Other Luxuries, Memoirs, mental health, mental illness, parenting

Book Review: “The Dream Lover” By Elizabeth Berg

May 12, 2015 by Christine Stock Leave a Comment

I should have known better than to browse through Facebook on Sunday. Like other women who have lost their mothers, I welcome Mother’s Day with cautious optimism. I look forward to expressions of love from my daughter and husband (it really is nice to be appreciated, isn’t it?), yet I battle the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Reviews Tagged With: book club, book review, bookmarked, books, Elizabeth Berg, historical fiction, love, the dream lover, women's lit

Book Review: “Everything I Never Told You” By Celeste Ng

January 22, 2015 by Christine Stock Leave a Comment

I don’t know how you feel about your high school experience, but you couldn’t pay me enough to repeat mine. Don’t get me wrong: it wasn’t horribly traumatic or anything (and it’s been a long time since I’ve had one of those locker combination dreams), it just isn’t in my Top Five list of “Best Times … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Club, Books, Entertainment, Reviews Tagged With: best books 2014, book club, book review, family grief, grief, loss

What I’m Reading: Fall Books

September 30, 2014 by Jennifer Leave a Comment

Aaaaahhhh fall! So much to love about the season: boots and tights; apple crisp and pumpkin pie; cooler days and turning leaves. And just as we leave our beach and pool days behind, so too do we turn away from light, summer reads. I love the meatier, heavier tomes that come out in fall, and this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Club, Entertainment Tagged With: All The Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr, book club, book review, books, Five Days Left, Ian McEwan., Julie Lawson Timmer, Literature, Marie Phillips, The Children Act, The Table of Less Valued Knights, what to read

What I’m Reading: “All The Broken Things”

January 25, 2014 by Jennifer Leave a Comment

I think I fell in love with this book the first time I saw it. Throwing the old saying out the window, you really can judge this book by the cover. Kathryn Kuitenbower's All the Broken Things lives up to the beautiful, captivating artwork on the paperback. Set in Toronto in 1983, Bo is a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Club Tagged With: All the Broken Things, book club, book review, fiction, Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Literature, novel, Random House

What I’m Reading: “The Circle”

November 19, 2013 by Jennifer Leave a Comment

Have you ever looked at a gorgeous sunset and thought, "ooh I've got to Instagram that." When your kids say something cute, do you run to make it your Facebook status update? Do you spend more than your share of time trying to figure out how to squeeze your deep thoughts into Twitter-friendly 140 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Club, Entertainment Tagged With: book club, book review, Dave Eggers, faction, The Circle

What I’m Reading: “Mother, Mother”

September 20, 2013 by Jennifer 3 Comments

Do you see anything you like on this section of my bookshelf above? I'm on a bit of a reading tear lately, and I'm looking for people to share some great books with. Watch for regular updates on "what I'm reading" here on Trend Watch. Do you like books about dysfunctional families and how they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Club, Books, Entertainment, Reviews Tagged With: book review, first time novelist, koren zailckas, mother mother, Random House

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