I thought the book was a very quick read, it contained nice short chapters that made reading it in shorter blocks of time easier. This house is called blackbird house because there is a blackbird who lives there throughout all the changes in ownership in the course of 200 years. Is the blackbird good luck or bad luck? Alice HOffman does a great job with symbolism in this book.

I really liked the book, as I love the mystery and suspense genre. The ending was a surprise and I think it kept your interest and was an easy read. It gave us alot of insight as to how the people in New Orleans have been living and trying to cope with the devastation they had when Katrina hit. Its hard to image when you aren't experiencing it first hand but I think Erica did a great job helping us to envision what it was like and how it still is continuing to come back from this event.

We had the opportunity to talk to the author as well and it was very insightful to get her thoughts on how she writes and where the ideas come from. I think speaking with the person who writes the book is a fun break from the regular book groups we have.

I really liked this book. It was a great summer read and had me hooked to find out what happened to each of them. I would be nice to find that type of lifelong friendship and our book group was envious of their bond.

This book was very difficult to finish. I had to push myself through it. It was boring and not interesting. Even the shocking ending was not captivating for me.

The characters were dull and not interesting. The plot seemed to drag, very boring read for me. Even the murder mystery was flat.