Review: Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner

Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner

Addie has always been the good, quiet girl in comparison to her freewheeling friend Valerie. Everything changed in high school, when Valerie became one of the popular girls. When jock Dan Swansea sexually assaults Valerie, Addie comes to her rescue, only to be betrayed when Valerie denies everything, leaving Addie humiliated and outcast. Fifteen years later, on the night of their high school reunion, Valerie decides to try and make things right, only to end up turning their worlds upside down. In her revenge attempt on Dan, she runs him over with her car, leaving him for dead. Once again she turns to Addie for help, and the two set of on the run from the law. Local detective Jordan Novick has problems of his own, but is intrigued by a belt and a pool of blood found in a parking lot, and is shortly hot on the case.
Weiner’s latest showcases her talent for richly drawn, realistic characters. She deftly weaves in multiple backstories and subplots, punctuating her story with plenty of humor. Highly recommended for all fans of women’s fiction.

copyright 2009, Library Journal/Rebecca Vnuk

Wow, my first review!

I am so pleased to report that Rick Roche, librarian at the Thomas Ford Memorial Library and author of Real Lives Revealed: A Guide to Reading Interests in Biography, has reviewed my book Read On ... Women's Fiction on his blog!!


http://ricklibrarian.blogspot.com/2009/06/read-on-womens-fiction-reading-lists.html


"Read On ... Women's Fiction is going to be handy to have around the library. Jamie and Annie may get some book list and display ideas from it. It will give me some titles to suggest to the next reader who has finished the Sophie Kinsella books. At Thomas Ford, we are going to circulate it and the other Read On Series guides to let readers discover more titles on their own."

Thanks Rick!!

Reviews of Rebecca's books

Midwest Book Review on The Weeding Handbook: "Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, "The Weeding Handbook: A Shelf-by-Shelf Guide" is thoroughly 'user friendly' and should be considered an essential, core addition to college and university Library Science instructional reference collections. Every community, academic, corporate, and governmental library system should have a copy of "The Weeding Handbook" available for use by their library staff members."

Booklist on Read On... -http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=3644825

Booklist on Women's Fiction Authors - http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=3669810

Librarian Kaite Mediatore Stover on Women's Fiction Authors - http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/2009/08/01/a-new-readers-resource/

Librarian Rick Roche on Read On... - http://ricklibrarian.blogspot.com/2009/06/read-on-womens-fiction-reading-lists.html