This is the second book that I’ve read by Sherri Reynolds. Rapture of Cannan had been part of Oprah’s Book Club and that’s how I was first introduced to this author. The Firefly Cloak was very good and looked at three women in a family. Sheila leaves her children alone at a campsite when Tessa [...]
Archive > January 2010
Sister Mine by Tawni O’Dell
I was excited to see that there was a new book out by Tawni O’Dell and was happy to find that it was enjoyable. While this was not quite as hard of a story as Coal Run or Back Roads it still had some of the same bite, dealt with some tough issues, and even [...]
New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
I finally broke down and started reading the Twilight series. I hadn’t been planning to but after hearing so many people rave about them and after noticing that Stephanie Meyer had three (or was it four?) of the top five selling books in 2009 I decided it was time. New Moon continues on where Twilight [...]
The Walking People by Mary Beth Keane
This book ties in several main themes. It is a story about the immigration of Greta and Johanna Cahill, and their friend Michael Ward, from Ireland to America. Johanna and Greta grew up in an isolated region of Ireland. Johanna was always the leader and Greta was more of an awkward dreamer. Michael is a [...]
Born To Run by Christopher McDougall
As a past runner, this book was fascinating. If you are not interested in athletics, specifically running, it may not be the best book for you. However, if you are, I found it hard to put down. I had heard about Born To Run before Christmas and when I went home one of my family [...]
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
I had been wanting to read Fast Food Nation for a very long time, and I’m happy that I finally did it. This book covers many different aspects of fast food. It starts with examining how the fast food trend started and grew in the United States as automobiles became the primary mode of transportation. [...]
While My Sister Sleeps by Barabara Delinsky
This is a story about a family that is centered around Robin Snow, a marathon runner training for the Olympics. This story is written from her sister Molly’s perspective, and Molly has felt ever since she was young that she was in her sister’s shadow, always doing for Robin and very rarely getting things back [...]
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Lovely Bones is one of my favorite books of all times….and it’s about to be released as a movie which I generally feel is not a good thing for the books I love. This book is very well written and as horrible and tragic as some moments are, the story as a whole is [...]