FEBRUARY READS

[rapa]

Last night I finished THE KASHMIR SHAWL, an interesting book by Rosie Thomas.  The story goes between 1941 when newyweds move from Wales to India where the husband is assigned to a Presbyterian mission area. Years later their granddaughter finds a shawl and lock of hair while she was cleaning out her deceased father's house and she goes to India to find the story behind the shawl. .....and quite a story it is!  Very interesting read that provides insight into colonial India along with some romantic capers! 

http://www.amazon.com/Kashmir-Shawl-Novel-Rosie-Thomas/dp/146830246...

[Carci]

Just finished Sutton...  about the prolific 1930's bank robber... fact based fiction... I didn't expect to like it but was pleasantly surprised... I did like it!

Just starting Prayers for Sale... set in 1936 Colorado mining town but it flashes back to Civil War days.  The main characters are an 86 year old woman and a new 16 year old bride  who become friends in hard times.  Very good so far.

[officerripley]

I loved Sutton!  I also loved the same author's (J. R. Moehringer) book The Tender Bar.

[Eaglewoman]

Just started Casual Vacancy,By TJ Rowlins, quite different from her Harry Potter series.

[Carolyn Tewell]

LOVED LOVED LOVED "The King of Lies" - but not Iron House.  I'm handling the #2 book of the Paul Doiron - TRESPASSER - not as good as Bad Little Falls or The Poacher's Son...but I'm almost done.  I do like this HERO!!!

My next quest is The Ledge...an adventur story of friendship and survival on Mount Rainier.  Also have another book waiting at Library...name forgotten at the moment.

Sorry I haven't been around - getting the house ready to put up For Sale (This time we mean it!) so deep into Clutter Control and fixing nooks and crannies.  Calgon....~mlo

[Slopok]

Just finished The Round House ... I rated it a 4 star..4 1/2 stars on AMZN:

National Book Award Winner

One Sunday in the spring of 1988, a woman living on a reservation in North Dakota is attacked. The details of the crime are slow to surface as Geraldine Coutts is traumatized and reluctant to relive or reveal what happened, either to the police or to her husband, Bazil, and thirteen-year-old son, Joe. In one day, Joe's life is irrevocably transformed. He tries to heal his mother, but she will not leave her bed and slips into an abyss of solitude. Increasingly alone, Joe finds himself thrust prematurely into an adult world for which he is ill prepared.

While his father, who is a tribal judge, endeavors to wrest justice from a situation that defies his efforts, Joe becomes frustrated with the official investigation and sets out with his trusted friends, Cappy, Zack, and Angus, to get some answers of his own. Their quest takes them first to the Round House, a sacred space and place of worship for the Ojibwe. And this is only the beginning.

Written with undeniable urgency, and illuminating the harsh realities of contemporary life in a community where Ojibwe and white live uneasily together, The Round House is a brilliant and entertaining novel, a masterpiece of literary fiction. Louise Erdrich embraces tragedy, the comic, a spirit world very much present in the lives of her all-too-human characters, and a tale of injustice that is, unfortunately, an authentic reflection of what happens in our own world today.

[Carci]

Jerry is reading it now as he heals from knee replacement surgery last week.  He likes it pretty well... he is almost finished with it and I intend to read it before returning it to the library... we have until 2-20 since it is a large print book we get 3 weeks instead of just one.  I guess they figure old folks who need large print can't read quickly...  LOL

[Mandy Muffin]

Here are two relatively low priced Kindle E-books:

--Yesterday I read "Hopeless" http://www.amazon.com/Hopeless-ebook/dp/B00AQ3K8IU  I spotted it on top of the Best Seller list and found it was only $3.99 on Kindle.  It started out as a typical teen coming of age story but evolved into a gripping drama of incest, pedophilia, repressed memories, suicide, kidnapping, etc.  I finished it up last night, as the pieces finally fell together to explain the dysfunctional behaviors. 

Started on "The Butcher's Boy" this AM, which will feature house in which a family was murdered and some strange goings on.  Again, a 99cent Kindle book with great reviews.  http://www.amazon.com/The-Butchers-Boy-ebook/dp/B004FPYWKU

[Ioruach]

I just finished The Light Between Oceans, by M. L. Stedman.  I just want to thank rapa, carci and anyone else for the recommendation.  It was a beautiful book: heart breaking, yet wonderfully inspirational.  I expect that at the end of this year I will list it as one of the best, if not the very best book, I read in the year 2013.  My wife loved it, as well, although we often disagree on the fiction we read.

[Lip Service]

Just finished Torch Ginger by Toby Neal http://www.amazon.com/Torch-Ginger-Crime-Series-ebook/dp/B008KUCI3O/

It is a police procedural set in Kauai, where the author was raised.

She has a deep sense of the place and the psychology of this small island with its various people groups.

Her style flows easy and it is obvious her affection for the locale is contagious.

The author is offering this book free as a kindle download for a couple of days.

I recommend it, it was fun.

[Kim]

Rapa....this story sounds intriguing....im going to pick it up soon. I am reading a book by Karen Robards who writes great mysteries, i just finished one of James Pattersons recent ones.

[Mandy Muffin]

Another great read from Amazon for just 99cent!  "Wait For Me," Naughton, has me hitting the page change button in rapid succession.  This is the story of a lady who is supposed to be dead and tries to find out why she isn't.  Intriguing plot involving pharmaceuticals, memory loss and some interesting side stories to drive the action.  http://www.amazon.com/Wait-For-Me-ebook/dp/B006P3B9MO

[rapa]

Currently enjoying THE AVIATOR'S WIFE by Melanie Benjamin. This is beautifully wrought fiction melding fascinating history into a portrait of the marriage of Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.

Today I picked up a book I've been eager to read,  TENTH OF DECEMBER by George Saunders, an undisputed master of the short story.  http://www.amazon.com/Tenth-December-Stories-George-Saunders/dp/081... Also,  THE FIFTH ASSASSIN, the new thriller by Brad Meltzer.  http://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Assassin-Brad-Meltzer/dp/0446553972/ref...

Still have in my stack Ayana Mathis's THE TWELVE TRIBES OF HATTIE. 

Good thing I'm a night owl as I have some really good reads at hand!