Bachelor Brothers Bed & Breakfast by Bill Richardson

[rating=4] ‘Bachelor Brothers Bed & Breakfast’ is a cozy little novel perfect for vacationing, commuting, bathroom reading, or days when you & the weather are crappy; 30 sparkling vignettes told in 152 tidy pages. Published in 1993, I didn’t hear about it myself until I started working at Quest Books in 1995. My Manager, Susan, […]

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

[rating=1] I found ‘The Elegance of the Hedgehog’ painful to read, and would have abandoned it after 30 pages had it not been our February book club pick. Overwrought is the first word that comes to mind. Woefully, ponderously academic; ‘Elegance’ is less a work of literature than it is a series of diary entries […]