Books We Loved, Apr. 2018
Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove (Washington Square Press, 2015) A totally lovable book is A Man Called Ove—deceptive in its simplicity,...
top of page
Literary Journeys along Paths Less Traveled
Search
C. P. Lesley
Mar 18, 20184 min read
Books We Loved, Mar. 2018
In addition to these great reads, don’t miss our own Claudia H. Long’s Chains of Silver, released just last week. You can find out more...
32 views0 comments
C. P. Lesley
Feb 15, 20184 min read
Books We Loved, Feb. 2018
Nadia Hashimi, A House without Windows (William Morrow, 2016) This is an exquisite tale of a despicable crime and the women who committed...
38 views0 comments
C. P. Lesley
Jan 16, 20184 min read
Books We Loved, Jan. 2018
You can see how we members of Five Directions Press spent our holidays: reading! Lots of heavy-hitters on this month’s list, and yes,...
52 views0 comments
C. P. Lesley
Dec 15, 20174 min read
Books We Loved, Dec. 2017
Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb, Last Christmas in Paris (William Morrow, 2017) We first meet Thomas Harding in 1968. He’s nearing the end...
30 views0 comments
C. P. Lesley
Nov 16, 20173 min read
Books We Loved, Nov. 2017
Eve Chase, The Wildling Sisters (G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2017) Applecote Manor is an English country house with a history. In 1954 the...
50 views0 comments
C. P. Lesley
Oct 15, 20173 min read
Books We Loved, Oct. 2017
Charlene Ball, Dark Lady (She Writes Press, 2017) It’s not easy to find a new take on the Tudors, especially Elizabeth I. But Charlene...
26 views0 comments
C. P. Lesley
Sep 15, 20174 min read
Books We Loved, Sep. 2017
Jessie Burton, The Miniaturist (Ecco, 2015) The Miniaturist is an emotionally rich and marvelous novel. In seventeenth-century Holland,...
37 views0 comments
C. P. Lesley
Aug 15, 20173 min read
Books We Loved, Aug. 2017
Sofia Grant, The Dress in the Window (William Morrow, 2017) World War II has just ended, and the survivors are ready to abandon the...
53 views0 comments
C. P. Lesley
Jul 15, 20173 min read
Books We Loved, Jul. 2017
Thelma Adams, The Last Woman Standing (Lake Union, 2016) As a teenager, Josephine (Josie) Marcus, the daughter of a Jewish baker in San...
41 views0 comments
C. P. Lesley
Jun 20, 20174 min read
Books We Loved, June 2017
A little late this month, because June 15, when we would normally have posted about the Books We Loved, marked the release date for our...
33 views0 comments
C. P. Lesley
May 14, 20173 min read
Books We Loved, May 2017
For the first time, two of our members chose the same novel as their monthly pick, so this is definitely one to look for! But check out...
18 views0 comments
C. P. Lesley
Apr 15, 20174 min read
Books We Loved, Apr. 2017
Aliette de Bodard, The House of Binding Thorns (Ace, 2017) This novel, set in a turn-of-the-century Paris devastated by a magical war, is...
42 views0 comments
C. P. Lesley
Mar 15, 20173 min read
Books We Loved, Mar. 2017
T.C. Boyle, The Terranauts (HarperCollins, 2017) You may remember Biosphere 2 from the early 1990s. Basically it was a huge, privately...
18 views0 comments
C. P. Lesley
Feb 14, 20173 min read
Books We Loved, Feb. 2017
Bren McClain, One Good Mama Bone (Story River Books, 2017) Once in a while, a novel comes along that is just extraordinary, in the best...
67 views0 comments
C. P. Lesley
Jan 16, 20173 min read
Books We Loved, Jan. 2017
M. R. Carey, The Girl with All the Gifts (Orbit, 2015) The unofficial queen of our book group is a tiny Californian with a loud voice and...
35 views0 comments
C. P. Lesley
Dec 15, 20163 min read
Books We Loved, Dec. 2016
Tana French, The Trespasser (Penguin, 2016) Tana French is Irish, and all her books take place in or outside Dublin. To say that they are...
49 views0 comments
C. P. Lesley
Nov 15, 20163 min read
Books We Loved, Nov. 2016
Kate Braithwaite, Charlatan (Fireship Press, 2016) Think of Louis XIV, and we think of Versailles. But the City of Light also played host...
49 views0 comments
C. P. Lesley
Oct 14, 20163 min read
Books We Loved, Oct. 2016
Pauline M. Campos, Baby Fat: Adventures in Motherhood, Muffin Tops, and Trying to Stay Sane (CreateSpace, 2015) When I had my first baby...
75 views0 comments
C. P. Lesley
Sep 14, 20162 min read
Books We Loved, Sep. 2016
Martha Conway, Sugarland (Noontime Books, 2016) It’s 1921, and Prohibition is in full swing, but you wouldn’t know it from the nightclubs...
14 views0 comments
bottom of page