The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin is not one of my favorite novels. I am about half-way through and am finding it hard to complete. A major problem is that I do not find the characters of Janie and Noah very relatable, and I am only mildly sympathetic with them. Jerome Anderson is still something of an enigma, even a considerable way into the novel. For me, this story is taking too long to get to the point, with too much set-up about Noah's problem. I will attempt to finish reading the book, but may end up not doing so.

Love, both new-found and long-lost, permeates Letters to the Lost. Although this book did not pull me totally into its world, I found it a pleasant read. Jess, a singer, on the run from her boyfriend/manager, finds love in the modern world when she meets Will, a probate researcher, looking for the missing owner of the house in which Jess is squatting. Jess also finds vintage love when she uncovers WWII-era letters written by Daniel, an American Air Force pilot, to Stella, the missing, married, owner of the house. The book sometimes felt disjointed, jumping as it does between the evolution of Jess and Will's growing relationship, via their search for the woman and the pilot, and the revelation of the old, via the letters. Otherwise, there was fairly good character development of the main characters.