Beverly West

Impulse grab from the library. So far so much fun. If you're looking for more books that you might not find by your usual strategies, or if you're looking for reasons to read some of the modern classics you've overlooked, or if you're looking for quick summaries & fresh interpretations of same so you don't have to read them, or if you're looking for a gift for the young woman in your life who needs to be nudged to do more, or more diverse, reading, check this one.

Done. As it happens, I didn't find anything new to read from this. But that's not a reflection of the book being insufficient. It had everything from Anna Karenina to Chicken Soup for the Soul offered, for everyone from a radical Birkenstock feminist to a fan of Sex & the City. And it wasn't just a list - different books were offered in different manners, as well as for different women's 'moods' and 'phases.' Really would make a great gift, esp. for a freshman in high school because one chapter is about the angst of adolescence.

Works ok from the library, but really it's quite substantial and is better opened often and explored in bits - you might want to buy it.… (mere)