Author Archives: Carol Early Cooney

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About Carol Early Cooney

I love to read. I love to share my thoughts on books and hope to hear what you think also. Looking to see what books I read beyond those I write about? Check out my Goodreads!

By the Book by Julia Sonneborn

Dear Fellow Reader, Anne Corey is an English professor at Fairfax College.  She needs to have her book (a scholarly work on several 19th-century woman novelists) published so that she can keep her job.  She wants to keep her job … Continue reading →

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The Financial Diet by Chelsea Fagan

Dear Fellow Reader, Today’s book is a departure from my usual type of book.  The Financial Diet is subtitled A Total Beginner’s Guide to Getting Good with Money. This book was made available to me by the publisher, Henry Holt and … Continue reading →

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Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

  Dear Fellow Reader, I know this is a bit off topic but I have to say that I don’t like it when I don’t understand the title of a book.  I find it irritating when the title is so … Continue reading →

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The Dry by Jane Harper

Dear Fellow Reader, Somehow, I had missed seeing The Dry on the bestseller lists during 2017.  When it was picked by my book club, I had never heard of it.  With all the books that I am dying to read, … Continue reading →

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Tell Me More by Kelly Corrigan

Dear Fellow Reader, I have something I have to admit to you.  Sometimes I read too fast.  I will blame it on my mother’s insistence that her children take speed reading.  Reading fast is fine in many ways.  I can … Continue reading →

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