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Book Review: The Art of Racing in the Rain

by Garth Stein
Harper, 2008
My Rating: C+
Synopsis (from Amazon)
If you’ve ever wondered what your dog is thinking, Stein’s third novel offers an answer. Enzo is a lab terrier mix plucked from a farm outside Seattle to ride shotgun with race car driver Denny Swift as he pursues success on the track and off.
Denny meets and marries [...]

March 12th, 2010 | Category: 100+ Book Challenge, Book Challenges, Books, C+ Book, Library Challenge | 10 comments

Book Review: The Cellist of Sarajevo

Written by Steven Galloway
Penguin Books, 2008
My Rating: A
I know this book was very well received when it was first published. I should have read it then but I usually avoid stories that might be depressing. For me, this kind of book is best read with other people. When the book group at the library announced [...]

February 12th, 2010 | Category: 100+ Book Challenge, A Book, Book Challenges, Books, Library Challenge | 5 comments

Harlem Renaissance: Ethel Waters

Welcome to today’s stop on the Classics Circuit. During the month of February, the Circuit is celebrating the Harlem Renaissance. We are featuring books, authors and others associated with this time period – roughly around the 1920’s and 1930’s. The person I want to tell you about is Ethel Waters.
I chose to feature Ethel Waters [...]

February 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: 100+ Book Challenge, A Book, A+ Books, Book Challenges, Books, Classic Circuit, Library Challenge | 8 comments

Social Justice Challenge: Religious Freedom

January is kick-off month for the year long Social Justice Challenge. I joined because there are so many issues I care about. This month the issue is Religious Freedom.
Why does religious freedom matter to me?
I grew up in an extremely religious family. If the church was open, we were there. After supper we had family [...]

January 21st, 2010 | Category: 100+ Book Challenge, B- Book, Book Challenges, Books, Library Challenge, Social Justice | 17 comments

The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters

Alice Waters is the cebrated owner of Chez Panisse, an internationally known restaurant in Berkeley, California and the author of numerous cookbooks. Ms. Waters is also well known for being a big part of the food revolution of the last several decades. Her attitude toward food and cooking steered us back from the trend of [...]

January 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: 100+ Book Challenge, A Book, Book Challenges, Books, Books About Food, Library Challenge, Weekend Cooking | 15 comments

Book Review: Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight

by Alexandra Fuller
Random House, 2001
Rating: A
It’s the 1970’s and Bobo (Alexandra) has been living in Rhodesia since she was two. She’s a young white girl, born to English parents. That’s her on the cover of the book. Don’t you love that expression on her face? She is curious, feisty while still being a sweet child. [...]

January 14th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: 100+ Book Challenge, A Book, Book Challenges, Books, Global Reading, Library Challenge, Read and Review Book Challenge | 10 comments

Book Review: French Milk

by Lucy Knisley
Simon & Schuster, 2007
My Rating: C+
Lucy is approaching her twenty-second birthday, approaching adulthood. As a gift, as a rite-of-passage, Lucy is given a five-week trip to Paris with her mother. From a small rented apartment they venture out to see everything that Paris has to offer. They see the major attractions of Paris [...]

January 4th, 2010 | Category: 100+ Book Challenge, Book Challenges, Books, C+Book, Library Challenge, Read and Review Book Challenge, Take Another Chance Challenge | 11 comments
 
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