The List: A Love Story in 781 Chapters

Fiction by Aneva Stout.


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This book was okay, but not great.

I got it just to see how one could possibly tell a story by using a LIST. Isn't that a weird idea?

Well, the author managed to do it. But it was a very spare story, I have to say, and it only took me about an hour to read the whole book.

Maybe for someone who doesn't like to read, that's a plus, I guess.

But for me, Short Book+Skimpy Plot=Not A Very Good Book.

Caleb's Crossing

Fiction by Geraldine Brooks.


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This book had a slow start but it ended up being really good.

Also unexpected. And quite historical.

A Voice in the Wind

Fiction by Francine Rivers.


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Excellent book.

Although... It's also the beginning of a series, so now I've got to rush out and get the other books.

I definitely recommend this one though.

Bird of Another Heaven

Fiction by James D. Houston.


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This was a very good book.

It's about a man who discovers the history of his half-Hawaiian granmother, who was a consort of King David Kalakaua, the last king (and next-to-last royal ruler) of Hawaii.

I'm very interested in Hawaiian history right now, so I enjoyed this book.

The Glass Castle

Nonfiction by Jeanette Walls.

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This is one of the best memoirs I've ever read. And I'm not really a "memoir person."

Memoirs are problematic. I mean --unless you're a celebrity, I guess-- no one really cares about your troubled childhood, you know? But this one is interesting.

The author starts out when she is a successful adult, living in New York City. She goes out with friends one evening and, as she is getting out of a taxi, she sees her mother going through the dumpster.

Now THAT'S a good beginning!

Blast From the Past

Children's fiction by Meg Cabot.


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I'm reading this to my nine-year-old daughter. It's really funny.

Unfortunately, it's number SIX in the series. And I haven't read numbers one through five.

I really hate it when that happens.

Peril at End House

Fiction by Agatha Christie.


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Here's another book I'm revisting on CD.

There's something about recorded books that I really like. Especially when they have them read by a really good actor.

And a cool British accent doesn't hurt.