All the Single Ladies

from bookchickdi

One of the great things about summer is that I get to spend some time in South Carolina's Lowcountry when Dorothea Benton Frank's latest novel publishes. This year's terrific novel All The Single Ladies shows Frank in fine form with wonderful characters in a great story, topped off with Frank's s...

from Loried

I received an advance copy of All the Single Women, and I was interested to try one of Dorothea Benton Frank's books for the first time. It was pretty much what I expected, a pleasant beach read. I liked the atmospheric descriptions of the locale, and the plot reminded me of Golden Girls. It was ...

from mrsdanaalbasha

This is my third book by Jane Costello; I loved "Girl on the Run" (2011), "The Nearly-Weds" (2009) was okay, hope this one is even better and funnier. It was released in the same year as "Girl on the Run". I reached chapter 5, I like that the chapters aren't long and I like that her stories are e...

from delphimo

I adored Frank's novel, The Last Original Wife, but this latest novel dragged. The format of all these slightly older single ladies exploring life could be interesting, but after the many humorous passages in the last novel, I had to force myself to finish the book. None of the characters stand o...

from bookappeal

This novel's strength is its setting - summer in South Carolina's Lowcountry is daunting! Some readers will also enjoy this book as an easy read with mostly likable main characters and a gin-drinking 99-year-old. But the writing can be pedantic and there are minor inconsistencies in description (...