This week has been Spring Break, and I accomplished my mission: to read! So far, I have finished three books I had started and read two others...in this order.
- The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton - Mar. 20 - This one was Paper Chase Book Club's March's title, one I had read a few years ago and had forgotten enough to enjoy reading again as I became reacquainted with the intertwining lives of several families centered around Nell, who had been left along, abandoned after a ride across the ocean. Author Kate Morton must be a master at planning plot lines before the first line is ever written!
- The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow by Joyce Magnin - Mar. 22 - This one I read for Women's Online Bible Cafe Book Club. The first in a series of four, in this one, the reader meets Griselda and Agnes, sisters, who befriend a homeless man whose past catches up when his prayer that he has asked Agnes to pray seemingly is not answered...or is it, as noted by Griselda, the town's librarian and caretaker of her 700+-pound sister. I look forward to reading Griselda's story...in book three. :)
- The Hammett Hex by Victoria Abbott - Mar. 24 - I am ahead...for once! Yay! This one is our April book for the Paper Chase Book Club. An adventure of two who vacation in California, this novel (the beginning of another series!) introduces the reader to two opposites...book collector Jordan and policeman Smiley, two who live on opposite sides of the law...sorta...kinda...at times. A fun read. I am certainly now glad that I went ahead at the last book club meeting and bought the next three in this series. For my mother-in-law. Of course. :)
- Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult - Mar. 24 - Another twister. Of the soul, the mind, the heart. Picoult introduces the reader to Ruth, a nurse who is told to no longer take care of a white baby...because she is black. Then, the baby dies. Then, she is charged. A novel about race, differences, privileges, this one will make you think.
- Little Brother by Cory Doctorow - Mar. 25 - Remember 1984 and Big Brother? Bring that concept into the 21st Century following a terrorist attack on Califorinia and meet Marcus (aka Little Brother) who leads movement via the use of the Internet. This one, I read with a group of senior boys in hopes of inspiring them to read. Then, of course, I discovered this one, too, is a series; this shared by another senior who I had encouraged to read this one. Which I bought. Which she is now reading. Of course!
- H20 by Virginia Bergin - Mar. 26 - Warning! I was not impressed as much by this one as I had thought. Maybe I have watched too much Walking Dead and read too many other apocalyptic happenings? Main character Ruby, one of the remaining 27% who survived, just does not react as I had hoped she would. Would love to hear your comments on this...just too much make-up and hair and clothes...and the world is dying because of life-threatening rain, rain that devours, kills. (Unfortunately, I looked at the clouds just a bit differently yesterday as I was driving home!)
What have you been reading lately?
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