Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People
by Amy Sedaris
by Amy Sedaris
You have to know what you’re getting into when you read an Amy Sedaris book. She’s really quite something. 🙂 It was a silly fun little listen.
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Summer and the City (The Carrie Diaries #2)
by Candace Bushnell
by Candace Bushnell
Read from September 26 to 29, 2011
What fun to spend Carrie’s first summer in NYC with her. I wonder if you have to be a total Sex and the City freak to love these books?? Hoping for another!
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Ella Minnow Pea
by Mark Dunn
by Mark Dunn
Read in October, 2011
A quaint, easy read with deep meaning. As the residents of Nollop, an island founded by the creator of the “perfect” sentence – The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog – lose the ability to use letter after letter as they fall off his statue, persecution and loss of freedoms become the norm. So the search for an even more perfect sentence is their only hope. Good stuff.
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Loving Frank
by Nancy Horan
by Nancy Horan
Read in October, 2011
Wow. I have wanted to read this book for some time now, but I didn’t realize how much it would grab me! The story of the enigmatic Frank Lloyd Wright and his mistress, Mamah. The sacrifices they made to be with the “real and true” love of their lives. Set between the years 1907-1914 and told mostly in Mamah’s voice, the struggles of women’s equality and what it means from person to person were highlighted. I want to know more about Mr. Frank Lloyd Wright and was happy to see “afterwards” and “acknowledgements” when I finished the book.
***This was read for book club and I can’t wait to discuss tomorrow night!
***This was read for book club and I can’t wait to discuss tomorrow night!
Walkie Talkie Book Club 
I have Summer And the City on my bookshelf. I want to read Loving Frank. I’ve seen it on a number of blogs lately.
Oh I just loved Ella Minnow Pea! here is my review: http://wordsandpeace.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/my-review-of-ella-minnow-pea/
Emma