Letters to Amelia

[ From my interview with the book's author on my blog ] I always love having the chance to get inside the head of another writer — and when that writer is a debut novelist, well, I have to say I find it all the more thrilling. I understand what’s involved in getting a non-fiction book out of your hea......more

LETTERS TO AMELIA by Lindsay Zier-Vogel is a great debut novel! It’s about Grace, recently dumped, who begins a new work project reading Amelia Earhart’s secret letters. I found myself completely sucked into this story and read most of the book in one day! The writing was kept interesting with the i......more

**audiobook version** Narrator 5 stars Great voice. Did well bringing the characters to life Story 3 stars This took me a little bit to get into but got there in the end. While the letters gave this a interesting side story I personally would have enjoyed this book more if it was simply about Grace and......more

Babies are pauses in the life sentences of adulthood... How did the book make me feel/think? Alongside my mother’s deathbed, the second time I watched my mother die, she begged and pleaded with my mother |grandmother|, the night before they came to take me away, to keep me. Society, religion, and comm......more

Grace works at a library in Toronto, but is going through crises in her personal life. She is tasked with going through a set of letters from Amelia Earhart that have just been discovered in a private collection. Although I couldn't connect with Grace and her oddball decision making, I enjoyed this s......more