A Spot of Bother (Vintage)
Hillarious funney disfunctional english family, and the goings on before the daughter gets married. A very funny light reading book.
City of Refuge: A Novel (P.S.)
This was a very enjoyable accounting of the hurricane katrina storm, as viewed from 2 different familys, one in the garden distric and the other in the Ninth Ward. It grips you right away!!!.
Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table
This is a food lovers book about how New Orleaneans like there food. and all of the specialties that are here and no where else. If you are planning a vacation to New Orleans, I highly recommend reading this book first. You will have a boatload of places to visit while you are here!!!
Jass (Valentin St. Cyr Mysteries)
Being a new person to New Orleans, this was a great read to locate some of the city's culture and where it came from.
Out Stealing Horses: A Novel
This was not my cup of tea; It seem to be one person telling about his lonley life. I did not finish it before the club met. sorry
This was a very enjoyable book about a girl that has a lot of trouble growing up! she has more than her fair share of trama in her life and in the end comes out ok!!!
Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family (Oregon Reads)
Good story about the life of Japaneese people here in america, during WWII. How they were treated!!
The Art of Racing in the Rain
This was a delightful book that I read in 3 days, so heartwarming; and with it narated by enzo the dog!!! A very heartwarming story, about a loving family; and the crisis that they go thru. I would read this book more than once, just for fun; and that is saying a lot!
short story about marie leavue; it jumps all over the place, hard to keep straight.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
You think that 1/2 way thru the book, the mystery is solved, but it's not!!! A cliff hanger till the end, very enjoyable, no boring spots!!! Our bookclub said that they will definitely read the 2nd book in the series of 3!!!
The Heretic's Daughter: A Novel
A compelling book that was slow to start; it had to give the background of the family and the hardships of living in the 1690's. Then the trials, were terrible.
This is a Food Editor, that dosn't cook. She and her husband don't have any children, that her husband after 15 years of marraige wants. He dies in china, while working there, now there is a claim against his estate, that he has a paternity suite. The wife has to go there and solve.
The Lovely Bones: A Novel
I thought that I would read this book before going to see the movie, the librarian stated that the opening seen was terrifying. It was good but now going thru the book, the storyteller being the murdered girl, looking down from heaven, it drags in spots. Not bad, but kind of draggy.
I read this book for my library bookclub; I had already went and saw the movie when it was nominated for an academy award, so I was already familure with the story. Reading the book, added so much to the story, there were things conveyed in Michaels mind that the movie could not interpret. I was a very good book about ilitracy, and how it affects there life! We had a very lively discussion about the impact of not being able to read!!!
I read this a while ago; nothing too spectacular
The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
This book is really different - If you like reading english literature, you may like this book. Myself I kept thinking it would get better-it didn't!!!
Their Eyes Were Watching God
This was a book that was done into a movie - by Oprah Winfrey in 2005. Haley Bary plays the lead, It was a short book, but the Movie was good also, and copied the book, closley.
Water for Elephants: A Novel
I downloaded this book from the library e-media catalog and I'm listening to it while I walk in the morning!!! Very good book, I like that the different voices portray the centeral charater Jacob as a 23yr old and as a 90 or is it 93 year old?
