Ann Shorey's Blog, page 17
June 30, 2009
Snow Melts in Spring, by Deborah Vogts
Snow Melts in Spring is a story full of surprises. Vogts has spun an absorbing novel about a women veterinarian, an NFL football player, and an irascible old man. For a backdrop she uses the Flint Hills of Kansas, an area I've never visited, but after reading this novel I feel I've been there. Vogts' loving description of the land has given me a view of Kansas quite different from that depicted
June 22, 2009
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, is the most enjoyable novel I've read in ages. I don't know why it took me so long to get around to it--the book has been on the best seller lists for many months, and deservedly so. I finished it last night, and am tempted to turn it over and start again. The characters are so real that I'd like to visit the
