Journal Entry 1 by krl112 from Hawthorne, New Jersey USA on Thursday, February 26, 2009

Amazon Editorial Review:
In this superb novel by the beloved author of Talk Before Sleep, The Pull of the Moon, and Until the Real Thing Comes Along, a woman re-creates her life after divorce by opening up her house and her heart.

Samantha's husband has left her, and after a spree of overcharging at Tiffany's, she settles down to reconstruct a life for herself and her eleven-year-old son. Her eccentric mother tries to help by fixing her up with dates, but a more pressing problem is money. To meet her mortgage payments, Sam decides to take in boarders. The first is an older woman who offers sage advice and sorely needed comfort; the second, a maladjusted student, is not quite so helpful. A new friend, King, an untraditional man, suggests that Samantha get out, get going, get work. But her real work is this: In order to emerge from grief and the past, she has to learn how to make her own happiness. In order to really see people, she has to look within her heart. And in order to know who she is, she has to remember—and reclaim—the person she used to be, long before she became someone else in an effort to save her marriage.

Open House is a love story about what can blossom between a man and a woman, and within a woman herself.
 

Journal Entry 2 by krl112 at RABCK, a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, March 12, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (3/14/2009 UTC) at RABCK, a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases

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sending to Stacers1973 as a RABCK. Enjoy!!! 

Journal Entry 3 by Stacers1973 from Gladstone, Oregon USA on Thursday, March 19, 2009

Thank you, Thank you! The bookstring is lovely as well, it is my first one. I look forward to reading this book and passing it on :) Enjoy the day and thanks for the RABCK!! 

Journal Entry 4 by Stacers1973 from Gladstone, Oregon USA on Tuesday, March 24, 2009

This book was strangely enjoyable :) I started it this morning, and read it almost straight through ... with a few short breaks thrown in for contemplation. The bit with Martha Stewart had me laughing out loud.
The end made me both sad, for Sam's loss, and happy for her gain ... I thought I was going to have to smack Travis for talking like that to his mom and smirked with the realization that it was very well done.
I was quite pleased with this read, thanks again for sharing, krl112.
Making AVL.
April 2009 - Reserving for Flicki 

Journal Entry 5 by Stacers1973 at Gladstone, Oregon USA on Monday, June 08, 2009

Released 2 yrs ago (6/8/2009 UTC) at Gladstone, Oregon USA

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Mailed to flicki in Germany as a trade for The Fifth Child -- Thanks! 

Journal Entry 6 by Flicki from Emden, Niedersachsen Germany on Thursday, July 02, 2009

Geez, I have this on my desk for at least two weeks now and such a mess around it that I didn't actually see it anymore!!! Here we go now (and I'm VERY happy to be on vacation now so I get some time to clean around here! :-)) Thanks so much for sending this, Stacers!!!


 

Journal Entry 7 by Flicki from Emden, Niedersachsen Germany on Monday, February 15, 2010

Got around to reading this book. I liked it more than I would have thought! I believed it would be very much like Jane Green's The Beach House, but it's not really. It was a calm and soothing read, just the right thing for probably the longest winter ever! :-)