I have been on a tear--Gini loaned me two books and I read them both in a couple days which is highly unsual. And then and then...will add more as I have them to add. I have also been blasting through books on tape. Can't seem to get enough.
In no particular order...
Crashing Through. Robert Kurson. The true story of a guy who gets his eyesight back after over 40 years.
Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen. Charming book about a circus.
The Road, Cormac McCarthy. Grim fascinating depressing quick read, did I mention grim?
On Beauty, Zadie Smith. Good writing, quirky families. Story set on a college campus.
Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert. Several people recommended this and it is wonderful. Particularly good for women of a certain age--anything over 30 for instance. Five star recommendation.
Alec Delaware mystery (any), Jonathan Kellerman. He's hunky. (Delaware, that is--don't care much about Kellerman, frankly)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer. Wonderfully written story of a kid dealing with a post 9/11 world.
Final Exam, Pauline Chen. My brother David recommended this. It contains insight into end of life through the eyes of a surgeon. Tough but interesting. Not exactly beach reading.
Prep, Curtis Sittenfeld. The novel follows a young woman from Indiana to a prep school in the NE. Charming painful reminder of high school, even if i didn't go to a prep school in the NE.
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