The Lost Diary of M/ Paul Wolfe

So, I read this book over the weekend because I couldn’t put it down! The M in the title is Mary Pinchot Meyer, mistress of JFK, ex-wife of Cord Meyer, CIA.
The author, Paul Wolfe, takes us on a wild ride in this one. It is written as Mary’s hypothetical diary during the time she spent with JFK. Hypothetical, because the CIA found her diary after the assassination and destroyed it. FACT. I had to keep reminding myself that this book was historical FICTION because I absolutely believe this is the way history was made 1960-63. (In the author’s notes, Wolfe reminds us more than once it is fiction)
Great book, well written, fast paced, intriguing and plausible.
Starts out with Mary writing to her friend in Japan, if you are reading this, then I am dead”...then she tells us who did it. Chapters are titled by dates, and as the dates count down, you want to keep reading because you know it’s coming to November 1964. The book ends with Mary P Meyer’s unsolved murder less than a year later.
Can’t say enough, coming to book stores next month, Harper Collins, Publisher...a must read!

Everything I Know About Love/ Dolly Alderton

When I started this book, after a chapter or two, I almost put it aside. The drunken escapades of a twenty year old...not for me. But I liked the writing style of the author, it was raw and honest. So, I kept reading. Although our life circumstances were very different, I started to feel a connection as Dolly went through her twenties, an emotional connection. To loves and loss, confusion, anxieties, carelessness..it was all right there. The feeling still that I’m a kid on the inside, but my outside is the old lady, is not limited to any one generation.
I heard myself say..oh no Dolly, don’t go down that road again..then I knew I was hooked...glad I stuck with this book.
Look closely at the title. It doesn’t say everything there is to know. It says everything I know by Dolly Alderton. And well worth the read.
*Note: The author is English, so there are references made in the book that you may not get. I was ok with that.

                                           Comes out next month/Harper Collins, Publisher