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What I’m Reading: Stones From The River

Stones From the River, by Ursula Hegi
Wow. I feel like I have been reading this forever!  I am only about 300 pages in but oh my word!
Here’s the thing: I kind of love it.  It is beautifully written and it takes place during WWII, which I love… but I cannot sit down and read more [...]

What I’m Reading: How to be Good

How to be Good, by Nick Hornby
I’ve read a handful of books by Nick Hornby and really enjoyed all of them.  This one?  Not so much.
I’m maybe 100 pages in and I’m really, really struggling to get through it.  Maybe it’s just the mood I’m in right now or the place I’m at in life, [...]

What I’m Reading: The Passage

The Passage, by Justin Cronin
So this is one of those books that I have had my eye on since the second it came out.  I finally remembered to request it from the library, finally got an email saying it was my turn… and promptly forgot about it.  Two weeks later I remembered and had to [...]

What I’m Reading: Green

Green, by Ted Dekker
Ok, so I’ve wanted to read this series for ever.  I was so intrigued by the idea that Green was book “Zero” and that you could start or end with this book.
Well. I don’t know.  Maybe I’m just too stupid, but I’m about 80 or 90 pages in and I STILL have [...]

What I’m Reading: Flyboys

Flyboys, by James Bradley
Sometimes I pick up a book that is totally different than my usual read just because I think that Shaun would like it.  He loves history- specifically military history- and gets all excited when he talks about it.  I love seeing him all excited about something I can carry on a conversation [...]

What I’m Reading: The GIrl Who Played with Fire

The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson
So, I know that I raved, raved, raved about The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but I’m kind of struggling with this one.  I’m not sure if it is the story so much as the pacing.  I’m getting towards page 300 and… huh?  I feel like absolutely [...]

What I’m Reading: Loving Frank

Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan
I really, really want to like this book.  I have had a thing for Frank Lloyd Wright since we studied him in a class my junior year of high school.  I only know a small amount about his personal life, so I was really intrigued by this book since it came [...]