A local dog has missed out on a historic medal at the Winter Olympics despite a lung-bursting stretch in the homestretch

To write a thriller from four different perspectives, each in first person, and have them all be unique and clear - and lend them all an air of mystery that holds steady through the entire story, is no easy feat. But Darby Kane has done it in Such a Clever Girl. I don't know if it's meant to be a little ironic, that title choice, but it seems like it is since Stella, Marni, Hanna, and Aubrey all are wrapped up in the absolutely conviction that the other three are too clever for their own good and are hiding deep, dark secrets about what happened that day fifteen years ago.

The women who are featured in this book are probably deserving of their own books, and no doubt some have been the subject of their own biographies and histories. Obviously some of the women existed in a time when records were not as well-kept and it would not be easy to tell their stories without a lot of filler and supposition.

Confession #1: I've always been kind of a snob about retellings, mildly refusing to read them because... I don't know, if the original is good enough to be retold just read the original? Confession #2: I've never read Moby Dick. Given these two confessions, you might wonder why in the world I wanted to read Xiaolu Guo's retelling of Herman Melville's story.

Thanks to the author, Celadon Books, and NetGalley for the chance to read an early copy of this book in exchange for an original review. As someone who has always been fascinated by history and driven by a desire to know more about my family history, I understood Christine Kuehn's descriptions of her frustration that her father never talked in detail about his childhood and about his parents.

 I know now that there has been a novel written about Mary Ann Patten and that what she accomplished in the short time she lived in the 1850s translated into the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy still today teaching about what she did and naming their health clinic after her. I had never heard of her before I requested the chance to read THE SEA CAPTAIN'S WIFE based solely on a newly found interest in maritime history and having read a previous book by Tilar J.

I held my breath listening to this book. I gasped. I felt my heart beat faster. I guessed, or tried to, just what was going on. Meagan Church's novel tackles an age-old problem - that women are expected to be something very particular, without faltering and without complaint. And that no one is more particular and more demanding of women than other women, or each woman herself.

I finished Kristi DeMeester's DARK SISTERS a few days ago & I haven't been sure what to rate it or how to review it. You know how when something is... complex and you need to sit with it awhile, see if it's still affecting you before you're sure how you feel? It's like that. DARK SISTERS was always going to be at least a three-star book for me.