Silent to the Bone

Silent to the Bone by E.L. Konigsburg

I read this for my Youth Lit book group at school. It was an entertaining book and I enjoyed it. This is a book that I think middle school and early high school boys would like if they gave it a chance.

started: September 12, 2007
finished: September 23, 2007

Silent Joe

Silent Joe by T. Jefferson Parker
For my May book group. It was a quick read and enjoyable. A good mystery that kept me guessing until the end.
3 - 16 May, 2006

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
I read this for my book group for April. I really enjoyed the comic book aspect of it and the relationships of the characters. After reading this book, I kept thinking, I'd love to read the comic books that the characters had written but unfortunately, they only exist in the imagination of the readers.
(18 February - 27 March 2006)

In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
We're reading this for the February book in my book group. Fascinating and reads just like a novel. Read the first 50 or so pages in a matter of hours. A gruesome story but a really well-written book.

Particularly interesting as Capote was in the theatres this winter.


(24 January- 13 February, 2006)

Middlesex

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
January 4 - I'm reading this for the book group I've started, this is our first book. This has been an excellent book. It's been a hard book to put down. Not having finished it yet, I still highly recommend this book!

January 5 - I just finished this book. It was absolutely wonderful. The last 250 pages just flew by in a few days. I couldn't wait to pick this book up any time I could. It's about a person who is born Calliope, a girl, but grows up to be Cal, a man. It's about her/his family's story and how Calliope becomes a man when she grows up. The family story is told over three generations and is very interesting. This is a fabulous book. Definitely a must read!

(December 14, 2005 - January 5, 2006)

Yellow Jack

Yellow Jack by Josh Russell
Reading for the Knit One Read Too book group for the New Orleans book after Hurricane Katrina. I really enjoyed this book. It was an interesting look at New Orleans during Yellow Fever.

(15 September - 6 October 2005)

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
For Bryan's June 2005 book group. Towards the end of this book everything was so intense that I couldn't finish it. I wanted to but I couldn't handle it any longer, it was too disturbing. I had to have Bryan tell me how it ended.
started: May 18, 2005
"finished": June 26, 2005