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Fried Green Tomatoes

Distributed By: Universal Studios Reviewed by Melissa Minners             Everyone has that movie – that one movie that no matter how many times you watch it, you never get bored.  It’s the movie that makes you feel good when you’re sick; the movie that makes you laugh when you’re sad or makes you cry whenContinue reading “Fried Green Tomatoes”

The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop

Written By: Fannie Flagg Published By: Random House Reviewed By: Melissa Minners                I’m a huge fan of Fannie Flagg’s writing thanks to the movie, Fried Green Tomatoes.  When I discovered that this movie that I have watched hundreds of times was based on a novel, I bought said novel and have read it threeContinue reading “The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop”

The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion

Written By: Fannie Flagg Published By: Random House Reviewed By: Melissa Minners                Sookie Poole has just received a letter that has given us the shock of her life.  All these years, Sookie has believed she was the daughter of Southern Belle Lenore Simmons, an over-the-top and often overbearing woman whom Sookie has never believedContinue reading “The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion”

The Whole Town’s Talking

Author: Fannie Flagg Published By: Random House Publishing Group Reviewed by Melissa Minners                  The last book I read by Fannie Flagg was Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.  I had already seen the movie and was looking to read the book the movie was based on.  I enjoyed the book as much asContinue reading “The Whole Town’s Talking”