by Mary Horowitz, CNE

By John Wood, Founder of Room to Read. Rating: 4 stars. This was a great, true story of a senior-level manager at Microsoft who found his true passion and left a lucrative position to follow his dreams. It definitely touched on many aspects of my job, and made me think about why I do what […]

By: Laura Esquirel Rating: 3 stars. This book was generally good.  I think much was lost in the translation, and I wish I was fluent enough in Spanish to read it in the original language.  Although, without knowing how the original was written, it may be that the author’s writing style is just very choppy […]

By Sigrid Undset Rating: 5 stars. This book was originally published in the 1920’s as three books.  I’m counting it as one for my 2010 book list, but it took a solid five days of reading.  Over 1150 pages later, I think it was a great story.  I loved that it told Kristin’s entire life […]

By: Ann Brashares Rating: 4 stars. This was a really fast read (hour and a half, if that), and was a cute summer read.  Good story, great characters, and the perfect book to read at the beach.  Glad I picked this one up.

By: Meredith Hall Rating: 2 stars. This was another vacation read, a true story about a woman who gave up her first child for adoption after she became pregnant in high school.  Shunned by her family, led a nomadic life looking for “something,” and finally reunited with her first child.  Depressing, and not worth the […]