I read this book several years ago and came across it at the library and decided to read it again. The Company You Keep is a book that I surprisingly enjoy. I say surprisingly because I am someone who likes a believeable story. I also like my fact to be fact and my fiction to [...]
Archive > July 2009
Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes
Marian Keyes is one of my favorite chic lit authors. Anybody Out There? is a continuation of a series of books that she has written about the Walsh family. The Walsh family is an Irish family consisting of five girls. This book is the story of Anna and starts with her at home in Ireland [...]
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri is a collection of short stories that reminded me very much of Interpreter of Maladies. Jhumpa Lahiri touches on some of the same themes such as the immigration experience for Indians, arranged marriages and love marriages, and the Americanization of generations and how they interact with older generations. Since [...]
Honeymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journey, by Allison Wearing
I am often drawn to books about other places since working as a full-time social worker, my opportunities to travel abroad are far and few between. Honeymoon in Purdah by Allison Wearing offers a glimpse into Iran, which is a place where people do not usually pick freely as a tourist destination. She writes, often [...]
Ugly Americans by Ben Mezrich
Ben Mezrich is best known for his book Bringing Down The House that was made into the movie 21 in 2008. He has written several other books about outstanding people who have made it big including Ugly Americans that tells the story of John Malcom an Ivy League football player who ends up going to [...]
Ice Bound by Dr. Jerri Nielsen
This was a wonderful, true life story, of a woman who chose to “winter over” as the doctor at the South Pole in 1999. The South Pole in the winter consists of approximately six months of complete darkness and temperatures as low as 100 degrees below zero. It is called “wintering over” because once you [...]
The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
This was Margaret Atwood’s first novel written in 1969. She writes about Marion, a young woman who gets engaged to a man named Peter and starts dealing with questions related to her own identity and gender roles. As she starts feeling less like herself she finds that many of the foods that she is used [...]
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
The Sparrow, by Mary Doria Russell, varies from the typical book that I read. I’ve never been very interested in science fiction yet this book captured my imagination and my heart by the idea of harm coming from trying to do good, as well as questions related to faith. The Sparrow is written as if [...]
Missing Mom by Joyce Carol Oates
I read Missing Mom by Joyce Carol Oates with a little trepidation. For a living I’m a social worker for a hospice program which means that I deal with loss and grief on a daily basis. Since I read for enjoyment…and escape… I wasn’t sure how I would feel about it but started it anyhow [...]
Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey
I chose to read this book because I loved A Million Little Pieces. Whether that piece of work was true or not, it was a fascinating read and I enjoyed it very much. Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey is a fiction novel, yet throughout the chapters following a different selection of characters are short [...]
