Recently read, not recently on the new releases stand...

I want to start by saying thank you to the people still checking my blog.  I know that a lot of time passes between my posts so it makes me feel so special to see that some of you are still checking and posting comments.  I love the comments with suggestions or feedback about what books I've suggested and you've read.  With that said, keep it up!  I love you guys.

Here are some of the books I've read recently.  I've been going through bookshelves and catching up on popular best sellers so you might have already read these.

Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess  (Read this!)
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell  (Love it!)
Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen
The Lying Game by Sara Shepard  (Skip it)
Inheritance by Chrisopher Paolini  (If you read the first three, this is a MUST)
The History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage

Until next time...

One year later...

Miss me? I guess I kept you waiting long enough.  I can't believe it has been a year since I've posted.  The good news is I've read plenty of books.  The bad news is that it has been so long that I can't tell you about all of them.  Here are the last few I read and would suggest and a few you should skip.  Let me know what you've been reading and you may see it in one of these posts!

The Good...

My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

When She Woke by Hillary Jordan

Blueprints for Building Better Girls by Elissa Schappel

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Still Missing by Chevy Stevens

The Bad...

The Passage by Justin Cronin

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Next Up...

1Q84 by by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel 

Good books for the holidays!

Hi Everybody!  Sorry it's been so long since my last post.  While I've been gone I've been very busy.  Over the last month I've finish a few very good books and these would all be excellent recommendations for gifts too!
The Millennium Trilogy
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

In Death Series' newest edition...
Indulgence in Death

But, next up on the docket are 3 books recommended to me by very reliable sources!  Let me know if you've read any of these are what your thoughts are!
Freedom: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)
(THE NEW YORK REGIONAL MORMON SINGLES HALLOWEEN DANCE) A MEMOIR BY Baker, Elna ( AUTHOR )paperback{The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance: A Memoir} on 28 Sep, 2010
Incarceron (Incarceron, Book 1)

Never Let Me Go

Last month I posted about the Jessica Darling series...I would like to retract this recommendation.  After reading the other four books in the series I found each one more irritating than the last and the narrator to be more whiny and annoying.  I apologize if you took this advice.  I had no idea the other four books would be so much more disappointing.

However, I do have a new recommendation for you.  This week I read Never Let Me Go [Paperback].  This book is similar to that movie called The Island.  However, this was much more haunting and intense.  This book still lingers with me after finishing the last page.  I think about a world like the one portrayed in this novel.  A world where clones are raised to be organ donors and this is a fate they accept.  There is no running away or escape from captors.  It is quite the opposite.  These clones have accepted their future and this is about life knowing what you are and what you're destined to be and the scary realization that your life is worth less than someone else's.  I recommend this book!

Little Bee and Sloppy Firsts

This week I read two books you all might like.  It's pretty funny but these books are complete opposites of each other in every way possible.  The first book, Little Bee: A Novel, a New York Times Bestseller, is about a Nigerian refugee and this white family from London.  The story is harsh, depressing, and intriguing but the way it is told is completely fascinating and compelling.  It starts out in present day and introduces you to Little Bee and this white family in chapters alternated by narrator and the tense changes from past to present and back again.  I would suggest this book to anyone not faint of heart and committed to strong storytelling!

The second book this week is sarcastic and light-hearted.   Sloppy Firsts: A Jessica Darling Novel, is about a girl in high school who's best friend just moved away.  Meanwhile, she struggles with the challenges of a less than understanding family and the pain of high school.   Any one can relate to this story and can appreciate the ironic and smart writing by Megan McCafferty. It's been described as a Judy Bloom meets Sylvia Plath and I would say that is completely accurate!  This book won't be for most readers, but if you feel like a drive through memory lane of your own high school experiences this may be a fun read...

The Help

Picture Mississippi during the 60s and the struggle between whites and blacks.  The Help draws a very clear picture of relationships between three women - two black maids and one white women telling the truth and being brave enough to tell it to the world.  Assured and layered, full of heart and history, this one has bestseller written all over it.

Let me know what you think and I hope you love this book as much as I do.
T

Not much to report...

Hi Friends! Sorry it's been so long since I posted.  And, I'm even more sorry to say that while I have been reading a ton, a lot of the books I've been reading wouldn't interest you.  So, for a change of pace I plan to read The Help next.  I invite all of you to read it with me! 


Happy reading!

T