Little Women and Me, by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

A writing assignment where she has to list a flaw from a favorite novel sends Emily March into Little Women, as a 5th sister. Clever concept, and well done, but not a knockout. Emily's character development throughout the novel was nice, but the best bit by far is the trick about Amy.

How Nancy Drew Saved My Life, by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Well, this was nowhere nearly as good as the other Nancy Drew themed adult fiction I read this week, I'll tell you that much.

Maybe it suffered by comparison, but, it is a Red Dress book, which usually bodes pretty ill of a title.

Um- cross Jane Eyre with Nancy Drew and a smidge of Ian Fleming-lite with a twist of Mary Poppins, and you would have this steaming pile of nonsense.

Yup. Awful. The only thing that came close to redeeming it is that there was blessedly little talk of shoes.