Another Updated Book List

Because I haven't had the time to do a post for each book I've read lately, here you go!!

I left off in August with the House at Riverton.  Another fabulous book by Kate Morton.  I just ordered her new one, The Secret Keeper.  It will be here tomorrow :)

I need to do a complete post on the Pittacus Lore Series.  I'll put that on my To-Do/To-Blog list.  Stay tuned - I promise I'll write it!

Another book I picked up in Virginia Beach - and finished that week.  It's about three adult sisters, that all went their separate ways, only to discover what they had done was the complete opposite of what they wanted for their lives.  Could totally relate to that, by the way!  Brought together by their mother's illness, they are forced to come face to face with reality, and all three help each other to find the lives they always wanted.

 

My sister in law, Emily, recommended this book to be while we were in VA beach too.  (Yes, it was heaven for me- I ate, slept, read, lived books that week).  Oprah's book review states this perfectly:

"She's Come Undone is a deeply affecting, often hilarious novel that centers around one of the most extraordinary characters in recent American fiction: wisecracking, ever-vulnerable Dolores Price, whose life we follow through her fortieth year."  I really enjoyed this book too - throughout the book, I found myself saying, "I feel like that sometimes, but I've never known how to express it!!!"  It's kind of racy in some parts, but I could totally relate to the crazy-girl psyche!

The Peach Keeper has been on my list for a while, and I picked it up at the library last month.  It interested me because of the southern, cross-generation theme, and it was an easy and fun read.

State of Wonder was absolutely my favorite book of September.  (How nerdy are you when you can say that?!?!?!)  Dr. Marina Singh sets off into the Amazon Jungle to get information from her colleague, Dr. Annick Swenson.  Dr. Swenson is studying a tribe of native women who never go through menopause, and continue to give birth late in life.  Dr. Swenson is working to create a drug that will help other women reproduce and bring this miracle into the know world.  Marina goes in search of Dr. Swenson, and finds more than she ever bargained for.  I'm not going to ruin this book for you - it is absolutely amazing.  Jenny sent me a text the day I finished it asking for a book suggestion.  I immediately send back "State of Wonder - YOU HAVE TO READ IT!"  I hope she enjoyed it as much as I did.  The plot and content is so much different than anything I've read lately.  That's refreshing when you read as often as I do - the plots all seem to run together.  But this was new and fresh, and I was unable to put it down!

Little Bee, by Chris Cleave, has gotten rave reviews, but it wasn't my favorite.  I finished it, and thought, "What was the point of that?"  But, to each his own!

Last but certainly not least, is Ken Follett's second book in his Century Trilogy, Winter of the World.  Set in World War II, it follows the next generation of the families introduced in his first installment, Fall of Giants.  I love historical fiction, as you know, and I especially loved the stories of the families trying to live normally as their lives fell apart around them.  It shows both the fighting and the homesteads.  And of course, Follett creates unforgettable characters and stories.  The third and final installment is due in 2014 I think - it's such a long time!!!  Definitely re-reading the first 2 before I read the third!

Okay, seeing this list (5 weeks of books) is complete confirmation of what a nerd I am.  But when such great books are waiting to be read, how can you help it!?!?!  Anyway, next up is The Secret Keeper, of course, and whatever I happen to pick up at the Library this afternoon.  Happy reading!