Happy Monday!

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal reading zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This week-- 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
2. Don’t Know Much About the Bible by Kenneth Davis
3. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
4. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
5. Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
6. The Hathaway Series (Starts with Mine Til Midnight) by Lisa Kleypas
7. Forbidden by Elizabeth Lowell
8. A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
9. The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
10. On Dublin Street by Samantha Young

By the Light of My Father's Smile

By the Light of My Father’s Smile by Alice Walker

My rating:

3 stars—I liked it.

My Thoughts:

I am a huge Alice Walker fan. I love her work. This particular book I found a bit odd, but enjoyed it overall.

I think I need to do a more thorough reading at some point…

Description from Goodreads.com:

'All your life you have the necessary illusion that you know all there is to know about heartbreak. I hate to the one to tell you about the heartbreak you will experience after you die...' A family goes to the remote sierras of Mexico - the writer-to--be Susannah; her sister Magdalena; their father and mother. There, amid indigenous people called the Mundo, they begin an encounter that will change them more than they ever could have dreamed. This is a deeply sensual novel that explores the richness of female sexuality as a celebration of life, affirming the belief 'that it is the triumphant heart, not the conquered heart, that forgives. And that love is both timeless and beyond'.

Monday Recommendations

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal reading zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This week-- 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. The Executor by Jesse Kellerman
2. Devil’s Knot by Mara Leveritt
3. The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle
4. Don’t Know Much About the Presidents by Kenneth Davis
5. Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
6. Nobody’s Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
7. Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker
8. Stage Dive Series (starts with Lick) by Kylie Scott
9. Villette by Charlotte Bronte
10. The Perfect Match by Kristan Higgins

Monday Recommendations

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal reading zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This week-- 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
2. 365 Things to Do With Your Kids by Bill Adler
3. The Collector by John Fowles
4. Natural Born Charmer  by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
5. A Journal for Jordan  by Dana Canedy
6. Third Life of Grange Copeland by Alice Walker
7. The Kommandant’s Girl by Pam Jenoff
8. Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi
9. The Way of the Wizard by Deepak Chopra
10. The Red Badge of Courage  by Stephen Crane

Monday Recommendations (On Tuesday...Again!)

Monday Recommendation List

Random list of 10 books Monday! I have read and enjoyed each of these enough to flag for a potential personal library purchase.

Be bold and just choose randomly, stick to your normal genre...or step outside of your normal zone and try something you usually wouldn’t. You can look up the descriptions at Amazon.com, or search my blog for old posts by entering the title in the little search box in the top left-hand corner and clicking the magnifying glass.

This week-- 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. Awaken the Spirit Within by Rebecca Rosen
2. At Home by Bill Bryson
3. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
4. Smooth Talking Stranger by Lisa Kleypas
5. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
6. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
7. The Gift by Julie Garwood
8. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
9. Voices: A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
10. How to Talk to a Widower by Jonathan Tropper