COMPLETED (My own personal Book Club selections!) I hope this sparks you to pick up one of these fun books to tuck into your beach bag this season! Enjoy!!
HIDING IN THE SPOTLIGHT - a musical prodigy’s story of survival 1941 - 1946
Historic story of amazing skill and heroic efforts to survive. Written by the heroine's son Greg Dawson, it's a great read and I very much enjoyed it! It covers a most amazing true story of a young woman and her sister who used their piano skills to make it out of the horrors of the concentration camps.
THE PACT by Jodi Picoult
A little slow moving but lovely story of young love that cannot survive one girl’s obsession with suicide. I love her books and this was not my favorite but worth a summer read.
BENEATH A MARBLE SKY by John Shors
Great love story set against the history of the Taj Mahal. Was sad to see the end of this one. This uses history and builds a great story on bits of real lives.
MAJOR PETTIGREW’S LAST STAND by Helen Simonson
Great look into English life and an autumn romance. Very sweet!
ENCORE PROVENCE – New adventures in the South of France by Peter Mayle
More fun in the sleepy villages of Provence. His books are such fun.
MESSENGER – the legacy of Mattie J.T. Stepanek and Heartsongs by Jeni Stepanek
A tearjerker and an amazing story of strength and an angel. If you don't cry several times as you read then you have a heart of stone. This is an account that will remind you to savor every day.
THE SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. This was an extremely enjoyable read of intrigue, mystery and romance and I would highly recommend it. Set is Barcelona this is an amazing tale that takes its' time revealing the twists and turns. A great read!
THE PIANO TUNER by Daniel Mason
A book with an unsatisfying ending. If this were made into a movie you would leave the theater thinking…”really”? It is a good read…just not the best ending.
EAST OF THE SUN by Julia Gregson
Set in India in the 20s, it follows three women who come from different backgrounds and all experience a different piece of Indian culture. Nicely written and a great reminder of the faulty thinking of .."the grass is always greener..."
Monday, July 25, 2011
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Friday, July 1, 2011
July 4th
This is a great shot of Mal and I taken by my friend, Marci, on Memorial Day. Here we are, just days from the 2nd biggest summer holiday and I can't believe Summer is, once again, racing by. I think Shirley MacLaine said it best... We are all feeling like things are speeding up as we go into the once in a lifetime alignment of the planets.
Don't you feel it? Whew.
This Sunday - the 3rd - would have been my father's 90th birthday. What a shame he is not here to see it...but would he have been up to it? He often complained how things were a lot harder once he hit 80. (A fact my mother never accepted until she hit 80!) He made it to 84 before his body gave out. I sure miss him. He passed away on 04-05-06. Easy to remember, eh?
So here we are. Those left behind and struggling to stay in the stream without drowning in it. I hope you can see, in this picture, what keeps me afloat.
Happy 4th of July, y'all!
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