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February 13th, 2008
03:31 pm - Staff Picks for February
Check out what we're reading, viewing and listening to!
Barbara (Main)
In the spirit of supporting free speech and free choice by reading banned books, I recommend The Golden Compass. It's always interesting to see what causes controversy. And don't assume that you have read the book if you have seen the movie.
Laurie (Main)
Barack Obama - Audacity of Hope
Linda (Beach)
Curiosity Killed the Cat-Sitter by Blaize Clement
Devastated by the sudden, accidental death of her husband and young daughter, Dixie Hemingway gives her job as sheriff's deputy and is "a mess" until she finds some satisfaction in her pet-business - walking dogs, changing litter boxes, and taking care of animals while their owners are vacationing, etc. One such owner is away when Dixie finds a dead body in the kitchen, later a friend badly beaten, and then another dead body! Her sleuthing instincts kick in, especially when an obnoxious local radio personality brings up Dixie's past and implies she is the murderer. With a great setting (Sarasota's Siesta Key), a very real "heroine," a solid plot, light humor throughout, and many vivid personalities - including the pets, this delightful "cozy" is a winner. By the way, the tit;e is not true, because this is the first in a series.
Tracey (Main)
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
I'm generally not one to jump on a bandwagon. I don't read something because everyone else is doing it. In fact, I'm probably way more likely to shy away from it if that is the case. So when 8 people told me they instantly thought of me while reading this book and that "Tracey, you HAVE to read this book!" I was skeptical, but figured I'd give it 50 pages. Well, I have to say, the first 50 pages were tough - a lot of this memoir follows the author's quest for personal well-being after her divorce. Having recently gone through that, reading a lot of what she wrote hit home (and made me see why people saw me in this book). It took a lot for me to turn to page 51 and keep going, but I saw the transition in the story happening and as she grows past the sadness and personal devastation, the book becomes more of a travelogue of her journey through Italy, and becomes a description of finding various kinds of peace in India and Indonesia from the perspective of one who, self-admittedly, doesn't travel well but sees it as her life's passion. Georgina (Countryside) The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai (Booker Prize Winner) A marvelous novel in superb imagery, lyrical prose and an interesting thematic undertone of the love-hate relationship between India and England and the reluctant admiration by the colonials of the colonists.
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July 24th, 2006
01:23 pm - Looking for a book?
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