The Imperfectionists: A Novel by Tom Rachman
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/printers-row/2010/07/editors-choice-the-imperfectionists-a-novel-by-tom-rachman.html
A love story set around a struggling English language newspaper in Rome. An easy, comfortable read.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Half the Sky
Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
http://www.pajiba.com/book_reviews/half-the-sky-by-nicholas-d-kristof-and-sheryl-wudunn.php
Now, this was a life-changing book. I warn you that within two days of finishing the book, I had researched various charity groups working with women in Africa and made $500 donations to two of them. It will touch your heart.
http://www.pajiba.com/book_reviews/half-the-sky-by-nicholas-d-kristof-and-sheryl-wudunn.php
Now, this was a life-changing book. I warn you that within two days of finishing the book, I had researched various charity groups working with women in Africa and made $500 donations to two of them. It will touch your heart.
Going Away Shoes
Going Away Shoes by Jill McCorkle
http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v6n2/fiction/mccorkle_j/going_shoes.htm
I have a friend who writes a blog called Too Many Shoes. I thought of her when I read the first story in this collection of short stories. The mother has a closet full of dyed-to-match shoes including a pair that matched the going away dress at her wedding. She wants to be buried in them. What's not to love? The stories just get better and better.
http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v6n2/fiction/mccorkle_j/going_shoes.htm
I have a friend who writes a blog called Too Many Shoes. I thought of her when I read the first story in this collection of short stories. The mother has a closet full of dyed-to-match shoes including a pair that matched the going away dress at her wedding. She wants to be buried in them. What's not to love? The stories just get better and better.
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
http://www.bookbrowse.com/reviews/index.cfm?book_number=1560/The-Glass-Castle
This is a book to make you grateful for your own family no matter how weird you might think they are. Jeannette Walls wins at least one of the prizes for the family most complicated, most eccentric, and closest to the edge.
http://www.bookbrowse.com/reviews/index.cfm?book_number=1560/The-Glass-Castle
This is a book to make you grateful for your own family no matter how weird you might think they are. Jeannette Walls wins at least one of the prizes for the family most complicated, most eccentric, and closest to the edge.
The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/devilinthewhitecity/home.html
I have always loved Chicago and I was blessed with a father who well remembered the Chicago World's Fair, but I knew nothing of this particular slice of history until I read this book. Fascinating.
http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/devilinthewhitecity/home.html
I have always loved Chicago and I was blessed with a father who well remembered the Chicago World's Fair, but I knew nothing of this particular slice of history until I read this book. Fascinating.
Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/books/review/Wagner-t.html
http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2009/02/06/book-review-cutting-for-stone-by-abraham-verghese/
This is one of my very favorite books. I love family sagas and this is one of the best. Twins with a preternatural connection, a mother who dies in childbirth, an absent father, a shared fascination with medicine, Ethiopia, New York, revolution, power in oh so many forms, and intimacy in just as many. Powerful. I promise it will make you think!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/books/review/Wagner-t.html
http://www.thebookladysblog.com/2009/02/06/book-review-cutting-for-stone-by-abraham-verghese/
This is one of my very favorite books. I love family sagas and this is one of the best. Twins with a preternatural connection, a mother who dies in childbirth, an absent father, a shared fascination with medicine, Ethiopia, New York, revolution, power in oh so many forms, and intimacy in just as many. Powerful. I promise it will make you think!
Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility
Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility by Ellen J. Langer
http://wisdomresearch.org/blogs/publications/archive/2009/05/08/counterclockwise-mindful-health-and-the-power-of-possibility.aspx
Instead of dwelling on the impossible, consider what could be possible - if only we believed. Fascinating read!
http://wisdomresearch.org/blogs/publications/archive/2009/05/08/counterclockwise-mindful-health-and-the-power-of-possibility.aspx
Instead of dwelling on the impossible, consider what could be possible - if only we believed. Fascinating read!
Cane River
Cane River by Lalita Tademy
http://www.bookbrowse.com/reviews/index.cfm?book_number=803
What a disappointment. This book could have been so much more. I understand the book is based on the author's family history, but it could have been so much more compelling and life changing. I wish she would rewrite the book.
http://www.bookbrowse.com/reviews/index.cfm?book_number=803
What a disappointment. This book could have been so much more. I understand the book is based on the author's family history, but it could have been so much more compelling and life changing. I wish she would rewrite the book.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brief_Wondrous_Life_of_Oscar_Wao
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/297673.The_Brief_Wondrous_Life_of_Oscar_Wao
One weird book. Oscar is weird. His family is weird. They have this weird fuku curse that follows them everywhere they go, placing insurmountable obstacles in their path. Weird or not, I learned a lot about Dominican-American history and about the will to survive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brief_Wondrous_Life_of_Oscar_Wao
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/297673.The_Brief_Wondrous_Life_of_Oscar_Wao
One weird book. Oscar is weird. His family is weird. They have this weird fuku curse that follows them everywhere they go, placing insurmountable obstacles in their path. Weird or not, I learned a lot about Dominican-American history and about the will to survive.
Born to Run
Born to Run by Christopher Mcdougall
http://knopf.knopfdoubleday.com/2009/05/05/born-to-run-by-chris/
I am not a runner. For Heaven's sake, I'm barely a walker. However, my brother who is a runner and knows I am not recommended the book and told me I would enjoy it even if I couldn't stand up. I found the book fascinating. It brought home with a powerful punch how easy it is to misread our history, our development as a species, even our own bodies.
This book should be of special interest to anyone interested in the Tarahumara Indians.
http://knopf.knopfdoubleday.com/2009/05/05/born-to-run-by-chris/
I am not a runner. For Heaven's sake, I'm barely a walker. However, my brother who is a runner and knows I am not recommended the book and told me I would enjoy it even if I couldn't stand up. I found the book fascinating. It brought home with a powerful punch how easy it is to misread our history, our development as a species, even our own bodies.
This book should be of special interest to anyone interested in the Tarahumara Indians.
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