Books

If you know me you know I love to read.  The joke in our book club is that whatever book is chosen I've already read it.  Honestly we started the book club last summer in August and so far I think there's only been three books I haven't read that have been chosen and one of those I picked.  That's really okay with me because I'm getting better at reading different kinds of books and trying out new genres.   So, if you are looking for something to read then I'm going to share a few that I've read recently and really enjoyed. 

The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper is a memoir about the author's childhood in Liberia.  I guess you could say I'm in a memoir kick ever since I read the Glass Castle and loved it.  I don't know that I had read a memoir before then.  I think true stories can be so much more interesting than fiction as long as they are well written.  Back to the book...I thought it was great you do have to get through some family relationship stuff at the beginning, but after that it's much easier to get into. 

Before we were free by Julia Alvarez isn't really a memoir although the author experienced similar things in her life.  It's books like this that make me grateful for the freedoms we enjoy in the US. 

People of the Book  by Gerladine Brooks  I'm still in the process of reading this one.  It has a totally different feel to it.  It goes back and forth between past and present telling the story of a very old book.  That makes it sound kind of boring, but it really isn't.  Unless it goes really down hill it will be one I will recommend. 

So, there you have it.  That's what I've been reading lately.  What have you been reading?  What books to you consistently recommend?