The Lace Reader

The Lace Reader
by: Brunonia Barry

I am sure I got this book because I saw it on some list that it was good. Well, the author of that list and I apparently have two different ideas of good. It is really good if you like a headache! Ugh!

I am just glad it is over. Do not read. But just so you know, it is about a woman who grew up in Salem, abusive father, crazy mother, had Aunt raise her as her own. In the last 3 pages of the book we find out that she is a bit crazy. We have been reading about her twin sister who killed herself as a senior in high school. Apparently that twin sister was born dead. Whatever.

I got very frustrated with all the domestic abuse. You don't really read about it, but it is there and annoyingly frustrating. As Oprah says, "if he hit you once, he will hit you again".

In the end, the woman is seeing 3 different psychiatrists. Let's hope she gets better.

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Hotel on the corner of Bitter and Sweet

by: Jamie Ford

Very Interesting!

This book is set during WWII - it is about a Chinese boy that meets a Japanese girl just before all the Japanese people were taken and put in Relocation Camps. They are 12 and 13 years old. They learn so much about life and fairness, cultures.

This book jumps back and forth between 1942 and 1986 - you see what happened and what is currently happening in the current time of the book.

The setting is in Seattle Washington and the Japanese are relocated to Idaho.

The book is fiction, but is very much about real events. I really enjoyed learning about this event. I believe my mother lived right across the street from a Japanese relocation camp! Please tell us more stories!

What a hard time in US history. We do you do, stand by, watch, be active, stand against? Questions we all need to have ready.

The Sweet Potato Queens First Big-A** Novel

The Sweet Potato Queens First Big-Ass Novel
by Jill Conner Browne

I can't believe I haven't posted a book since October!!!

Okay. This book is NOT for the weak-of-heart. There is some pretty forthcoming language. But it is HILARIOUS!! I found it in the library because the author's name is Browne and this book was right next to Sandra Brown (a favorite of mine) on the shelf.

Five misfits meet up in High School and decide to go ahead and live their lives and make great memories even though they are NOT in the popular crowd. The book covers two decades or so of their lives. "Are Queens born or are they made?" the narrator asks. And then proceeds to show how they are born AND made.

This is the first fiction book written by Miss Browne, but apparently she has like 5 nonfiction books out there. I have already requested a couple from the library. She has quite a huge following of Queens and Wannabes and Spud Studs all over the country.