Comments on: Spring Break Reading – Lovely Lemon Giveaway Winner

By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:57:13 +0000

I just finished “Still Alice”. It is a gut-wrenching, extremely well-written novel, written from the point of view of a 50-year-old woman who is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Amazing – I think everyone needs to read it. It’s funny, poignant, sad, and thought-provoking. I can’t stop thinking about it.

Laurie

By: Joan Callaway

Joan Callaway — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:19:56 +0000

Right…The Way the Crow Flies by Ann-Marie MacDonald. A page turner…

Joan

By: Joan Callaway

Joan Callaway — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:18:09 +0000

I’ve just finished reading Franz Wisner’s second book, How the World Makes Love, and found it even funnier, more thoughtful and sensitive than the first, Honeymoon With My Brother, which was a best seller and is to be made into a movie. Franz is the son of one of my best friends, so I’ve known him since he was in elementary school. His writing style reminds one of Dave Barry…a delightful read full of a humorous look at countries from around the world.

Other recent reads…

The Boy in Striped Pajamas — young adult fiction, which I read after The Book Thief. Still quite figure out how that got labeled “young adult.” Both are stories of the holocaust, but from entirely different perspective. The latter is from the perspective of a young boy whose family sequestered a young Jewish man from the Nazis; the former from the perspective of the son of the commandant at “Out With”, and his relationship with one of the young internees. A tender and terrifying look at his life.

The Web of Debt by E. H. Brown, who somehow managed to turn history and monetary policy into quite a thrilling book, if you can believe it. Makes our current financial market situation abundantly clear. If you want to have a better understanding of “derivatives”, this is the book for you!

Oh…and Ann-Marie MacDonald’s new book (after Fall on Your Knees)…this one about holocaust, too. Cannot for the life of me remember the title. I will in about two minutes after I post this, I suspect.

By: tamara reber

tamara reber — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:26:40 +0000

Books I’ve recently read

The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
8 Mighty Changes God Wants for Before You Get to Heaven
by D. Kelly Ogden

By: Kristin

Kristin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:24:02 +0000

I just purchased a Kindle2 because I’m going on a trip in a month and one of the requirements is that I can’t pack over 33 pounds. Talk about packing heavy! I normally don’t travel to the car with less than 50 pounds. So the Kindle was perfect for reading lots of books – I downloaded a few of the books you mentioned, but I will have to check out a few others as well. Thanks!

I also downloaded The Secret and a few Victoria Moran books.