The Shack

The Shack

by: William P. Young

Even Money

Even Money

by: Dick Francis

If this is really by Dick Francis....oh, I don't believe it! He may have written the title, but the insides are just not like his real "Dick Francis" books.

This book deals with bookkeeping. A lot of book keeping, like bookies and betting. There is a long lost father and death and mystery.

It was readable, but barely.

Good in Bed

Good in Bed

by: Jennifer Weiner

I have never read this author before. I don't know if I will again.

The book is not necessarily what the title professes. It does start out funny; a woman who is curvaceous and has some extra weight on her breaks up with her boyfriend who then writes about personal life in a magazine. She is horrified and embarrassed. It makes her look at her life, her weight, her self image and decide what she wants to do about it.

It was ok. I really enjoyed the beginning. It was funny. Then it began to drag. I did finish it, I will say that. I don't know that I recommend it though.

Twenties Girl

Twenties Girl
by: Sophie Kinsella

This is not the usual Kinsella book. It was ok; readable.

It starts at a funeral of a great aunt that is VERY old; like 102.
That aunt comes back as a ghost and haunts and helps the main girl in the book.

The characters are sometimes not likable, but I read through it. I give it a 6-7 out of 10.

Molokai

Molokai
by: Alan Brennert

I enjoyed learning about something I had never heard of, other than that, the book was ok. It was not as riveting as my last book....The Distant Land of my Father. I still enjoyed it though.

It is the true story of Leprosy in Hawaii! I knew nothing about this. The actual book is fiction, but the historical facts are true.

When people were found to have leprosy in Hawaii, they were taken to this island, no matter their age. It was an interesting tale.

The Distant Land of my Father

The Distant Land of my Father

by: Bo Caldwell

One of my top 10 book ever.

It is an amazing story of a man that is raised by American parents in Hong Kong. He gets married and brings his American wife to live in Hong Kong. They have a daughter. That is all just the beginning. The book is really about the relationship between the daughter and the father.

It is powerful, thought provoking. It's about how we live our lives, who we need to forgive, do we need to ask forgiveness; falling in love, choosing to marry, divorce.

It's very good.

Fatally flaky

Fatally Flaky

by: Diane Mott Davidson

Ok - your average, usual detective story. The twist here is the person doing the detecting is a caterer and she includes a lot of her recipes. She makes all the cooking seem so easy and effortless. It's not, really.

I liked it fine; not great.

The caterer deals with a difficult bride. People die. She finds out why.

The Help

The Help

by: Kathryn Stockett

I thought about this book long after I read it. It was VERY good, very thought provoking.

This one I highly recommend!

It is set in 1962, in Mississippi. Everyone had a maid and they were treated just like "the help". The time period is the beginning of the Civil Rights movement.

It has great insights into the lives of The Help, the people that hired the Help; their families, their children.

I really liked it!

Read it, then comment! Let's talk.

Shanghai Girls

Shanghai Girls
by: Lisa See

I REALLY liked this book. I also really liked the book this author wrote before...Snowflower and the Secret Fan. Excellent!

Shanghai Girls is set in Shanghai, 1937. These 2 rich girl's lives get torn apart when they discover that things were not as they seemed. Their father did not have the money they thought.

They are thrown into arranged marriages. I hate to give anything away. This is a very interesting book, lots of insights into the lives of girls living in China and in the U.S. at that time.

What do we become when hard times and trouble come our way?

This is a good one!

Perfect Fifths

Perfect Fifths
by: Megan McCafferty

This book looked SO promising. I thought I would really enjoy it.

The language was VERY bad. It was embarrassing! I had to stop reading the book and hide it until I could get it back to the library!

I wrote the author and told her I wished she would write without that language!

She wrote back and pretty much said that that is how she thinks people in real life talk. Huh?? Not me and not my friends.

Really, let's all try to raise the bar; not see how far we can sink. It will make the world a better place.

Dead Lucky

Dead Lucky

by: Lincoln Hall

I have a fascination with Mount Everest.

I don't want to climb it.

I really like to read about it!

This book takes place in 2006, mount Everest.

Lincoln Hall had an amazing, scary, death defying trip on that Mountain.

I CAN recommend this book. Really interesting.