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. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
2. Candide by Voltaire
3. The Autobiography of Malcolm X  by Alex Haley
4. Talking to Heaven by James Van Praagh
5. Raising Freethinkers by Dale McGowan
6. Life Laughs by Jenny McCarthy
7. Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
8. Laird of the Mist by Paula Quinn
9. Then Came You by Lisa Kleypas
10. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

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

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 weeks 10 recommendations (in no particular order):

1. Autobiography: The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X and Alex Haley
2. Spirituality from a Medium’s Perspective: Talking to Heaven by James Van Praagh
3. Simply Amazing: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
4. Subprime Meltdown Knowledge: The Big Short by Michael Lewis
5. Powerful Women:  Day After Night by Anita Diamant
6. Sweet Romance: Kiss An Angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
7. Holocaust Drama: Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
8. Simple Living: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
9. Humorous Romance: Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
10. Police Series with Female Leads: Rizzoli and Isles series (starts with The Surgeon) by Tess Gerritsen

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

Kingsolver's first nonfiction book is a gem. Beautifully written, it is part memoir and part research. Her family decides to move to a farm, grow their own food and shop locally. If they cannot grow it or buy it from local neighbors they don't eat it. I enjoyed the viewpoint from Kingsolver and also her daughter's contributions at the end of each chapter. Many facts are also included on today's food industry.

I admire this family for their decisions and dedication. They have found a way to enjoy the truly important things in life. Food preparation can be the center of a family. Kingsolver reminds the reader to focus on what is going into your body and how those items came to be.

Quote: "This is the story of a year in which we made every attempt to feed ourselves animals and vegetables whose provenance we really knew . . . and of how our family was changed by our first year of deliberately eating food produced from the same place where we worked, went to school, loved our neighbors, drank the water, and breathed the air."

A definite recommend.