November 12, 2009 – 5:53 pm
The Book: Under the Dome, by Stephen King
The Story: This story is just a big huge “What if?” What if a giant dome suddenly fell on top of a small town? What if you were gardening on the town line? What if you had a pacemaker, and this thing was emitting electricity? What if there [...]
November 10, 2009 – 7:36 am
The Book: In Cheap We Trust: The Story of a Misunderstood American Virtue, by Lauren Weber
The Story: The first half of this book was basically a brief history of America’s spending and saving habits. It started from the Puritans who first settled here and went through May of 2008. She talked a lot about the [...]
November 8, 2009 – 3:20 pm
The Book: Girl in a Blue Dress: A Novel Inspired by the Life & Marriage of Charles Dickens, by Gaynor Arnold
The Story: The book is inspired by the life of Charles Dickens and his wife, however all of the names have been changed in the book. Alfred and Dorothea Gibbons are the characters names who [...]
November 7, 2009 – 6:18 am
The Book: Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
The Story: This is the second book in a three part series. The first book was called The Hunger Games and is pretty awesome. If you haven’t read it, read it. If you haven’t read The Hunger Games and plan to possibly read it, don’t go any further in [...]
November 6, 2009 – 7:22 am
The Book: The 158-Pound Marriage, by John Irving
The Story: The narrator and his wife Utch meet in Vienna, marry and come back to New England, where the narrator works as a college professor. He is also a writer. They meet another couple, Severin (who I called “Steven” in my head while I was reading) and [...]