Category Archives: Reviews

Girl With Pearl Earring Review

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Paige Vetter

Girl With a Pearl Earring By: Tracy Chevalier Paige’s Rating: (3) of 5 Recommended for: Historic Fiction Girl with a Pearl Earring centers on Vermeer’s prosperous Delft household during the 1660s. When Griet, the novel’s quietly perceptive heroine, is hired … Continue reading →

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Super Sad Love Story Review

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Paige Vetter

Super Sad True Love Story By: Gary Shteyngart Paige’s Rating: (4) of 5 Recommended for: Fiction- Futuristic Dystopian Demise Style Super Sad True Love Story belies almost every word of its title, but it still plunges us into a satirical … Continue reading →

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Water for Elephants Review

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Paige Vetter

Water for Elephants By: Sara Gruen Paige’s Rating: (3) of 5 Stars Recommended for: Fiction/Romance Readers Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski’s ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed … Continue reading →

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Atlas Shrugged Review

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Paige Vetter

Atlas Shrugged By: Ayn Rand Paige’s Rating: (1) of 5 Stars Recommended for: Masochists Atlas Shrugged is the astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world–and did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in … Continue reading →

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Wurthering Heights Review

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Paige Vetter

Wurthering Heights By: Emily Brontë Paige’s Rating: (4) of 5 Stars Recommended for: Classic Literature Readers A brooding Yorkshire tale of a love that is stronger than death, it is also a fierce vision of metaphysical passion, in which heaven … Continue reading →

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The Choice Review

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Paige Vetter

The Choice By: Nicholas Sparks Paige’s Rating: (2) of 5 Stars Recommended for: Romance/Fiction Readers Set amid the austere beauty of the North Carolina coast, Nicholas Sparks tells the story of Travis Parker, a small-town veterinarian who’s perfectly content with … Continue reading →

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The Best Awful Review

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Paige Vetter

The Best Awful By: Carrie Fisher Paige’s Rating: (2) of 5 Stars Recommended for: “Fiction” Readers Suzanne Vale, the Hollywood actress has a problem: She’s had a child with someone who forgot to tell her he was gay. He forgot … Continue reading →

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The Memory Keeper’s Daughter Review

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Paige Vetter

The Memory Keeper’s Daughter By: Kim Edwards Paige’s Rating: (3.5) of 5 Stars Recommended for: Fiction Readers In 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to deliver his own twins, he immediately recognizes that one of them has Down … Continue reading →

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The Lost Symbol Review

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Paige Vetter

The Lost Symbol By: Dan Brown Paige’s Rating: (4.5) of 5 Stars Recommended for: Fiction/ History Readers The Lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling—a deadly race through a real-world labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths . . . … Continue reading →

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Night Review

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Paige Vetter

Night By: Elie Wiesel Paige’s Rating: (5) of 5 Stars Recommended for: Non-Fiction/Memoir Readers Elie Wiesel was a teenage when he and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to the Auschwitz concentration camp, and then to Buchenwald. … Continue reading →

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