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  • Mary Kay Andrews: Savannah Blues

    Mary Kay Andrews: Savannah Blues
    Another light and entertaining book! I love her quirky southern characters and outlandish plots. Light-hearted all the way.

  • Brunonia Barry: The Lace Reader: A Novel

    Brunonia Barry: The Lace Reader: A Novel
    Great book! Intriguing, complex and well written. It's set in Salem, MA and weaves witchcraft throughout. The ending caught me completely offguard. . . so it may be worth a second reading to fully grasp the complexity.

  • Joseph O'Neill: Netherland (Vintage Contemporaries)

    Joseph O'Neill: Netherland (Vintage Contemporaries)
    An interesting one. Not one I would have picked up usually, but a friend passed it on and I enjoyed it somewhat. It's the story of a Dutch man and his family post 9/11 in NYC and how their lives began to unravel. He's a Cricket player and uses the sport to bring his life into focus. An interesting read. . . but not a favorite.

  • Nick Hornby: How to Be Good

    Nick Hornby: How to Be Good
    Just read this one and didn't like it. It was too sad. . . tells the story of a couple who after years of marriage, their spark is gone. Interesting characters and written well, but it just brought me down.

  • Ann Leary: An Innocent, a Broad

    Ann Leary: An Innocent, a Broad
    Loved this book! I can relate to her experience of bedrest and having a NICU baby, but her style of writing is what hooked me. She is so clever and witty and while I am not a neurotic worrier, her passion for neuroticism cracked me up! Fast and funny read.

  • Mary Kay Andrews: Hissy Fit: A Novel

    Mary Kay Andrews: Hissy Fit: A Novel
    I don't read a lot of books like this. . . but I loved it! Very light-hearted, great characters and a very simple read.

  • William P. Young: The Shack

    William P. Young: The Shack
    I had a hard time with this one. I wasn't wowed the way others have been. It was okay, but I didn't love it. It does afford the reader the chance to look at God from a different perspective. Not good or bad, just different.

  • Khaled Hosseini: A Thousand Splendid Suns

    Khaled Hosseini: A Thousand Splendid Suns
    Same author as the Kiterunner -- and it is equally as great. Again, it expanded my horizons and introduced me to women of Afganistan and a look into their lives. I definitely recommend this one!

  • Nancy E. Turner: Sarah's Quilt: A Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine and the Arizona Territories, 1906

    Nancy E. Turner: Sarah's Quilt: A Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine and the Arizona Territories, 1906
    I read the book that came before this one (These is my words) a few years back and finally got this one. It is based loosely on the author's great-grandmother who lived in the Arizona Territory. This journal-style book is set in 1902 and is an interesting read. The author made it as factually accurate as she could and it blows your mind to think about how easy our lives are now in comparison.

  • Tatiana de Rosnay: Sarah's Key

    Tatiana de Rosnay: Sarah's Key
    Maureen gave this to me for my birthday and my book club is reading it this month. I thought it was a great book -- it is rooted in history and details how the French police (following Hitler's orders) rounded up 10,000 Jews and sent them to their deaths in the concentration camps. The author profiles a little girl and how the experience shaped her. I didn't want to put this one down -- well-written and captivating.

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