Posted in Book Club on May 8th, 2011 Comments Off
This novel is a true story. Really! From the author who gave our book club the favorite read of all time (“The Glass Castle” – memoir), Jeannette Walls takes us back in time and tells the story of her maternal grandmother in the voice of grandmother. Walls gives the book the categorization of “true-life novel.” [...]
Posted in Book Club on May 6th, 2011 Comments Off
This book has everything: murder, mystery, and unexpected secrets all with a Mississippi drawl. The neighborhood book club’s choice of “Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter” by Tom Franklin came as a leap of faith, a few internet searches, and a newspaper clipping of top book club books (most of which we have already read). Once you [...]
Posted in Book Club on Apr 10th, 2011 Comments Off
Talk about your ultimate girl power book. This story is it and the story happens to be true. That’s a one-two punch of empowerment. “Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace” picture book by Jen Cullerton Johnson is the life story of Wangari Maathai, a woman born and raised in Kenya who, in spite [...]
Posted in Book Club on Mar 7th, 2011 Comments Off
I have been given a rare gift. The author of a book personally hands me a copy of his latest novel and asks me to read it. What a gift! It also helps that he lives here in Colorado. Sadly, the book sat on my bedside table for months before I had the chance to [...]
My heart was racing. My eyes and brain were working feverishly together to read as fast as possible. I felt anxious, nervous, trapped - maybe to the point of claustrophobia. You don’t think “Room” by Emma Donoghue will illicit those kinds of emotions. Then, she grabs you with a few more emotions you didn’t think [...]
Posted in Book Club on Jan 30th, 2011 Comments Off
I purchased “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson a year-and-a-half year ago, after my wonderful co-worker-turned-law-school student Jessica Michaels suggested the book to me. I finally read it. Shame on me for waiting for so long. Sorry to disappoint you, Jessica. This book reminds of me of a John Grisham novel: corruption, [...]
Posted in Book Club on Jan 10th, 2011 Comments Off
“When Harry Met Sally” is my all-time favorite chick flick/romantic comedy. “Sleepless in Seattle” was also very cute, but had a little too much cheese in it for me (I still cry during all the appropriate scenes). “You’ve Got Mail” – wonderful! Maybe I just like Meg Ryan movies. The writer of those movies (and [...]
Posted in Book Club on Nov 14th, 2010 Comments Off
I almost couldn’t read this book. It was too personal, too close to home. My beloved dog recently died (see earlier post) and this book begins with a dying dog. So, I put down the book, wiped away my tears, and took a long break. I picked up the book again and am glad I [...]
Posted in Book Club on Nov 7th, 2010 Comments Off
My husband asked me what was the author’s purpose or intention when he wrote “The Omnivore’s Dilemma”? I couldn’t answer him directly, because it wasn’t so much the conclusions that Michael Pollan made in the book, it was the food fact-finding process that interested me. Pollan would answer that his book is to make people [...]
Posted in Book Club on Nov 7th, 2010 Comments Off
I like to eat. I really like to eat and read, but that isn’t such a wise choice when reading “The Omnivore’s Dilemma.” The author doesn’t leave a stone unturned or a chicken unplucked. I’m from a rural community, so even though I didn’t grow up on a farm or ranch, we were never too [...]
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