DROWN

I am currently Reading DROWN by Junot Diaz for my book club.

It is a collection of 10 short stories.

Dollar Store Bargains!

I stopped at Dollar Tree yesterday and got the following finds (all hardback):

The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
Middletown, America : One Town's Passage from Trauma to Hope by Gail Sheehy
[BOTH OF THESE WERE READ IN MY BOOK CLUB]

Without a Net : Middle Class and Homeless (with Kids) in America by Michelle Kennedy
[THIS BOOK LOOKED RATHER COMPELLING]

The Best Year of Their Lives : Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon in 1948: Learning the Secrets of Power by Lance Morrow (for my husband)

Box O' Books Arrived

I received a box of books from my book friend -- $26 for 7 books!

Christ the Lord, Out of Egypt by Ann Rice
David Brinkley Biography (for my husband)
Pitching My Tent by Anita Diamant (for my neighbor)
Sister Teresa by Barbara Mujica
The Bookseller From Kabul by Asne Seierstad
The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde

I got a bonus book but the name escapes me I'll post later.

Ice Station

We reviewed this in book club... I do not think I will finish it, here are a few comments.

"While it was exciting, not my cup of tea"

"Unbelievable."

"Definitely written as a screen play."

I am barely in about 36 pages and while it is a fast read and kind of interesting I just have so many other things on my list to read that I think I'll like better.

The Red Tent

I just finished The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. It was a wonderful story about women. I enjoyed learning the culture of the time. It was interesting how women could have leadership and power but not have it at the same time. The last chapter Egypt took me awhile to read but after reading it all I liked how the author made the book come full circle.

I am now reading the same story in the Bible. It starts at Genesis chapter 29 when Rachel meets Jacob at the well. I was curious how much was written around these stories.

My Rating: 4 of 5

New Year New booklist

I am currently reading The Red Tent by Anita Diamante which is very good and interesting. I don't know much about the Old Testament culture and find it pretty fascinating.

My next read is Ice Station by Matthew Reilly for my ACS book club.


Over the Holidays I received quite a few book gifts, trades, and bargains.

Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde - bargain bin
(4th in a series called Thursday Next novels)

The Witching Hour and Lasher by Ann Rice -- trade
See No Evil by Robert Baer -- bookmooch trade
(the movie Syriana is based on this book)

Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg - gift
The Other Bolyen Girl by Phillippa Gregory - gift
Butch Cassidy: A Biography by Richard Patterson - gift
Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig- gift


"So many books, so little time"

Update: I did not read more than about 10 pages in The Witching Hour but I do intend to, as I received it in trade to put on my To Be Read (TBR) list.
I did not finish The House of Spirits while it was a good book, it just dragged so much I felt I needed some light reading thus my plunge into The Mist and Skipping Christmas, and Memory Keepers Daughter.

2007 Books Read:
The House on Mango Street - Sandra Cisneros
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
Heart Shaped Box - Joe Hill
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
20th Century Ghosts -Joe Hill
The Mist - Stephen King
The Memory Keepers Daughter - Kim Edwards
Skipping Christmas - John Grisham