Originally Posted by sunflower3630 (Post 382438)

I recently finished Still Alice by Lisa Genova. It's about a 50 yr. old female professer at Harvard who is diagnosed with early-onsent Alzheimer's. The story is told through her eyes. I read it in a day. Some parts are scary, as I'm sure we can all identify with memory lapses. Overall, it was a very good book.

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl (Post 381951)

Thanks, everyone, for the additions to my book list. I've just started "The Book Thief," a little slow getting into it, but I loved Sarah's Key, so I'll stick with it on the previous recommendation. I also like most anything by Elizabeth Berg and Lorna Landvik (contemporary women's fiction would be the genre, I guess). Also like Robin Pilcher (Rosamunde Pilcher's son), and Marcia Willett (British) - reminds me of Maeve Binchy. Also enjoy Anne Rivers Siddons (usually) and Dorothea Benton Frank. A lighter Pat Conroy, although I like him too. On the lighter side, I like Marian Keyes (Irish, kind of chick-lit, but fun).

Liked the 1st half of "Unbroken," but got too depressed by the POW stuff and didn't finish it. On my request list at the library is "The Lost Summer of Louisa Mae Alcott and "The Devil in the White City."

My bookclub read "The Space Between Us" about the Indian class system, but I'm having trouble getting into "The White Tiger." Think all of that third world poverty is just getting too difficult to read about, depressing. Anyone know if "The White Tiger" gets better?

Originally Posted by joeken (Post 384531)

I recently finished "Still Glides the Stream" by Flora Thompson. She also wrote the books making up the volumne "Larkrise to Candleford". They all tell a very discriptive story of life in late 19th and early 20th century village life in England. They are well written and the story flows as a stream.

I have also finished "What Would the Founders Say?" Larry Schwei**** takes ten of todays political issues and formulates what our country's founders would have thought. Interesting and engrossing.

This has lead me to re-read the Constitution and dive into the Federalist Papers and the Anti-Federalist Papers. For lighter fare I am also re-reading "The Scarlet Letter" and the Harry Potter series.

Originally Posted by bkcunningham1 (Post 384562)

First, welcome to Talk of the Villages (TOTV). Also, thank you for the book recommendations. I'm going to look for "What Would the Founders Say?"

Originally Posted by KatzPajamas (Post 386074)

Definitely will have to get a copy of Racing in the Rain. I love dog stories. I have an ancient copy of "Lad, a Dog" by Albert Payson Terhune. It was written in the 1919 about the authors collies. I get my copy out every few years in the summer and re-read it! Just re-read Garrison Keillor's "Lake Wobegone Days". Laugh out loud humor especially for a Lutheran like me.

Originally Posted by Trish Crocker (Post 396835)

Just finished 'The Help'. I enjoyed it but honestly I was a little disappointed...I wanted to like it more than I did. I didn't feel as though I really knew any of the characters. I love a book that makes me love, hate, envy, root for or fear the characters in it. i just didn't feel any depth. Maybe it was just the mood I was in?

Originally Posted by angiefox10 (Post 396855)

Don't you think that sometimes when you hear so much about a book or movie and you finally read it... it's somewhat of a let down? I think my expectations are too high.

I remember thinking that about E.T. Sooo much hype and by the time I saw it, I felt like, Is that all there is????