10 Things to Do When Your Life Falls Apart
by Daphne Rose Kingma
I met Daphne Rose Kingma on a flight from NYC. She had just appeared on a very famous person’s talk show, and I was heading back to Ketchum, Idaho. Since then I’ve read all her books. Her new release sounded like the perfect salve for my open wound. Unfortunately my life had exploded, not simply fallen apart.
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris
Oh Boy a new David Sedaris book!!!! I was wetting my pants in anticipation, but his animal-themed short stories are dog’s. Not funny and not interesting.
The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards
Edward’s new book is about strong women and how the most ordinary women can help change history. Lucy Jarrett returns home from Japan, to find herself haunted by her father's unresolved death a decade ago. Her research to solve the mystery will uncover a few family secrets. Not as good as The Memory Keepers Daughter, also by Edwards.
3.12.2011
February Books...Sweet!
The Mistress of Nothing by Kate Pullinger
What a great book. Based on the true story of Lady Duff Gordon and her lady’s maid, Sally. The two women travel alone to Egypt, in hopes of finding relief for LDG’s tuberculosis symptoms. They settle in Luxor and life is good, but both women end up fighting for survival.♥♥♥
The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna
Re-released in 2010, this sweet little book reminds me of Jonathon Livingston Seagull in hare’s clothing, living in Finland and without the sappy lessons served up seagull style. A special little book, a real jewel. ♥♥♥
What a great book. Based on the true story of Lady Duff Gordon and her lady’s maid, Sally. The two women travel alone to Egypt, in hopes of finding relief for LDG’s tuberculosis symptoms. They settle in Luxor and life is good, but both women end up fighting for survival.♥♥♥
The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna
Re-released in 2010, this sweet little book reminds me of Jonathon Livingston Seagull in hare’s clothing, living in Finland and without the sappy lessons served up seagull style. A special little book, a real jewel. ♥♥♥
3.06.2011
January 2011
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
It has been called a “magnificent new historical epic” but I call it way too damn long and not that interesting. I wanted to get involved in the lives of the five interrelated families-American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh but I just couldn’t. Sorry Ken
Nemesis by Philip Roth
During the summer of 1944, 23 year old Bucky Cantor thought he was the luckiest guy alive. He was idolized by the kids on the neighborhood playground, and was in love with a wonderful girl. If Polio hadn’t swept through the Jewish community things may have turned out just fine.♥♥
The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz
Haruko is the first non-aristocratic woman to marry into the royal family and finds herself controlled at every turn. Thankfully, she produces a son, but in the process has a nervous breakdown. Interesting story, well researched.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Henrietta Lacks was a poor southern woman who became one of the most important women in medical research. The cells they took from her are known as HeLa and are a now a multi-billion dollar industry – and they were taken without her knowledge. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, are still alive today, though Henrietta has been dead for more than sixty years. Sadly, she remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave. ♥♥♥
It has been called a “magnificent new historical epic” but I call it way too damn long and not that interesting. I wanted to get involved in the lives of the five interrelated families-American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh but I just couldn’t. Sorry Ken
Nemesis by Philip Roth
During the summer of 1944, 23 year old Bucky Cantor thought he was the luckiest guy alive. He was idolized by the kids on the neighborhood playground, and was in love with a wonderful girl. If Polio hadn’t swept through the Jewish community things may have turned out just fine.♥♥
The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz
Haruko is the first non-aristocratic woman to marry into the royal family and finds herself controlled at every turn. Thankfully, she produces a son, but in the process has a nervous breakdown. Interesting story, well researched.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Henrietta Lacks was a poor southern woman who became one of the most important women in medical research. The cells they took from her are known as HeLa and are a now a multi-billion dollar industry – and they were taken without her knowledge. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, are still alive today, though Henrietta has been dead for more than sixty years. Sadly, she remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave. ♥♥♥
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