Eat, Pray, Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert, 2006 This book is all about a very emotional young woman and her attempts to find peace and happiness in her life. I found myself wondering why she was so off the chart in her approach to … Continue reading →
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Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen, 2006 This book is the real deal! The author, a female, has managed to get inside the head of her main character, Jacob, and capture his innermost feelings and thoughts when he was a young man in … Continue reading →
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khalid Housseini, 2007 This book is well worth reading, although it drags a bit during the first part of the book and it does not read quite as well as The Kite Runner. The book provides the reader with a … Continue reading →
Atonement
by Ian McEwan, 2003 I found this book to have much that I liked. In particular, I liked the primary theme, which is how does one make up for a terrible mistake that was committed early in one’s life. The book … Continue reading →
Flashman
by George MacDonald Fraser, 1969 This book is a very interesting account of the adventures of a scoundrel in the British army who ends up participating in many fascinating historical events. This is the first of the series and it … Continue reading →
Mayflower
by Nathaniel Philbrick, 2006 I enjoyed reading this book very much as it is well-written and very informative as to what happened in New England after the Pilgrims landed. The book is very detailed regarding the encounters between the natives … Continue reading →
The Reluctant Tuscan, How I Discovered My Inner Italian
by Phil Doran, 2005 When I picked out this book I was in the mood for some fun, light reading and the excerpts from the reviews on the cover caught my eye as they suggested that the book would elicit … Continue reading →
Last Train to Paradise
by Les Standiford, 2002 This is a fascinating story about Henry Flagler, man who had the vision to build a railroad to Key West. I got a bit bogged down with some of the technical descriptions of bridge and railroad construction … Continue reading →
The March: A Novel
by E.L. Doctorow, 2006 This book disppointed me a great deal. I looked forward to reading a good historical novel on the Civil War and the subject of Sherman’s march to the sea interested me a great deal. The characters … Continue reading →
State of Denial, Bush at War, Part III
by Bob Woodward, 2006 This book definitely does not have as much impact as All the President’s Men, which was instrumental in driving Richard Nixon out of office. It does, however, shed a great deal of light on what has … Continue reading →