March Reading
14. Gone Baby Gone
by Dennis Lehane
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 412
15. Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
by Nancy Pearl
Genre: Non-fiction
Pages: 256
16. Promise of the Wolves
by Dorothy Hearst
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 333
17. Charms for the Easy Life
by Kaye Gibbons
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 254
18. Ellen Foster
by Kaye Gibbons
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 126
19. A Virtuous Woman
by Kaye Gibbons
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 158
20. A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from my kitchen table
by Molly Wizenburg
Genre: Memoir
Pages: 313
21. Biggest Elvis
by P.F. Kluge
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 341
22. Rumspringa: To be or Not to be Amish
by Tom Shachtman
Genre: Non-fiction
Pages: 272
23. The Glass Castle
by Jeannette Walls
Genre: Memoir
Pages: 288
24. Tryst
by Elswyth Thane
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 256
I’m getting so bad about doing my book reviews, and the fact that I get most of my books from the library and have to return them is not helping matters.
I am really enjoying Dennis Lehane’s work, even though I’m reading his Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro detective series completely out of order. In Gone Baby Gone, Kenzie and Gennaro investigate a missing child case were nothing is what it seems. The book has some violent, disturbing elements, but you both form a bond with the main characters. I’m not normally a fan of the detective/mystery genre, but Lehane’s fast-paced, page-turners are starting to make a believer out of me.
Promise of the Wolves by Dorothy Hearst explores the emerging bond between wolves and humans 14,000 years ago. The story is told from the point of view of Kaala, a young headstrong wolf who clashes with her pack leader because she is drawn to the forbidden humans.
This seems more like a fantasy book and I’ve seen it describes as young adult, although I found it the adult fiction section of Barnes & Noble. The book is part of a proposed trilogy, so the end sort of leaves you hanging. It wasn’t the greatest, but I’ll probably read the other books when they come out if I can get them at the library. How come animals in books give themselves names like Kaala and Ruuqo, never Fido and Spot?
Although Ellen Foster and A Virtuous Woman were well-written, they were more like suggestions of novels than actual novels. I felt like Gibbons cheated me out of another 100 pages of each book. The less well-known Charms for the Easy Life, which explores the bonds between three generations of women living during World War II, is by far the better book. I loved character Charlie Kate, an unlicensed doctor who is the narrator’s grandmother.
I love books and food, so Molly Wizenburg’s memoir with recipes, A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from my kitchen table, was right up my alley. I enjoyed this book so much that I purchased the paperback even though I had already read a library copy and written out all the recipes I wanted to try. I have also read Jeannette Walls’ memoir of her dysfunctional childhood, The Glass Castle, before. Anytime I re-read something, that’s a good sign.
Rumspringa: To be or Not to be Amish by Tom Shachtman wasn’t as good as I thought it would be. Tryst by Elswyth Thane is a tragic love story about a girl and a ghost. I enjoyed it.
by Dennis Lehane
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 412
15. Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
by Nancy Pearl
Genre: Non-fiction
Pages: 256
16. Promise of the Wolves
by Dorothy Hearst
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 333
17. Charms for the Easy Life
by Kaye Gibbons
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 254
18. Ellen Foster
by Kaye Gibbons
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 126
19. A Virtuous Woman
by Kaye Gibbons
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 158
20. A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from my kitchen table
by Molly Wizenburg
Genre: Memoir
Pages: 313
21. Biggest Elvis
by P.F. Kluge
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 341
22. Rumspringa: To be or Not to be Amish
by Tom Shachtman
Genre: Non-fiction
Pages: 272
23. The Glass Castle
by Jeannette Walls
Genre: Memoir
Pages: 288
24. Tryst
by Elswyth Thane
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 256
I’m getting so bad about doing my book reviews, and the fact that I get most of my books from the library and have to return them is not helping matters.
I am really enjoying Dennis Lehane’s work, even though I’m reading his Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro detective series completely out of order. In Gone Baby Gone, Kenzie and Gennaro investigate a missing child case were nothing is what it seems. The book has some violent, disturbing elements, but you both form a bond with the main characters. I’m not normally a fan of the detective/mystery genre, but Lehane’s fast-paced, page-turners are starting to make a believer out of me.
Promise of the Wolves by Dorothy Hearst explores the emerging bond between wolves and humans 14,000 years ago. The story is told from the point of view of Kaala, a young headstrong wolf who clashes with her pack leader because she is drawn to the forbidden humans.
This seems more like a fantasy book and I’ve seen it describes as young adult, although I found it the adult fiction section of Barnes & Noble. The book is part of a proposed trilogy, so the end sort of leaves you hanging. It wasn’t the greatest, but I’ll probably read the other books when they come out if I can get them at the library. How come animals in books give themselves names like Kaala and Ruuqo, never Fido and Spot?
Although Ellen Foster and A Virtuous Woman were well-written, they were more like suggestions of novels than actual novels. I felt like Gibbons cheated me out of another 100 pages of each book. The less well-known Charms for the Easy Life, which explores the bonds between three generations of women living during World War II, is by far the better book. I loved character Charlie Kate, an unlicensed doctor who is the narrator’s grandmother.
I love books and food, so Molly Wizenburg’s memoir with recipes, A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from my kitchen table, was right up my alley. I enjoyed this book so much that I purchased the paperback even though I had already read a library copy and written out all the recipes I wanted to try. I have also read Jeannette Walls’ memoir of her dysfunctional childhood, The Glass Castle, before. Anytime I re-read something, that’s a good sign.
Rumspringa: To be or Not to be Amish by Tom Shachtman wasn’t as good as I thought it would be. Tryst by Elswyth Thane is a tragic love story about a girl and a ghost. I enjoyed it.