The Paris Wife, Paula Mclain

This was fascinating-a really good, detailed picture of life between the two wars, with so many young writers. It is the story of Ernest Hemingway, told from the perspective of his first wife Hadley, but includes so many others I had read, or read about. Really well done.

Saving Rachel, John Locke

This kept me confused for the whole book, but I was in good company, because so was the major character. And it didn't end well for him.

The Reversal, Michael Connelly

Hmmm. Took me 40 pages to be sure I had read this before. It was the sentences about the church being so crowded that the neighbors got a no-park on Sunday except by owner, and that started a thriving tow-truck business.

The Red Garden, Alice Hoffman

A review I read said this book could be considered a story collection or a novel, and I know why. There are 14 separate stories in the book, all about the town of Blackwell, Massachusetts, starting in 1750, and ending in the present. The stories stand alone, but are all related in some way. Fascinating.

TickTock, James Patterson

If this were the first detective/psycho killer book I had read, I would think it was wonderful.

Minding Frankie, Maeve Binchy

This was a good one, but I had a little trouble keeping the characters straight, and I may have read one too many Maeve Binchy's. I do like how she references other of her novels in this one, having the characters eat at a restaurant in previous book etc.