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. Shelter Me by Juliette Fay
2. A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
3. Remembrance by Jude Deveraux
4. In For the Kill  by John Lutz
5. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang  by Chelsea Handler
6. Cry No More by Linda Howard
7. Walden by Henry David Thoreau
8. Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls
9. Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert Massie
10. The Autobiography of Malcolm X  by Alex Haley

Half Broke Horses

Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls

Walls authored her own life story in "The Glass Castle." In "Half Broke Horses" she tells the story of her Grandmother Lily's life. Reminiscent of "Little House on the Prairie," but for adults, this novel paints a moving picture of an outspoken woman surviving life's tragedies.

I recommend this to those who enjoy memoirs.

The Glass Castle

I recently finished, "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeanette Walls.

 I would recommend this as a beneficial memoir to read.

Walls imparts her memories of growing up in a dysfunctional family. On the positive side, I liked the overall picture--3 of 4 children come out of an awful childhood to a successful adulthood. I appreciate that Walls tells the story in a thoughtful and sensitive way, expressing the love she feels for her family, despite their faults. Walls expresses the need to come of age, pick up, and move on from what holds one back in childhood. In this case, the thing holding Wells back was her family. I hate the thought of any child being hungry and cold. Those images were heartbreaking.

 I recommend this memoir!