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 Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
2. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
3. Perfect Parenting by Elizabeth Pantley
4. Traveling Light by Katrina Kittle
5. The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt
6. I Killed June Cleaver by Deborah Werksman
7. Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas
8. Lady Be Good  by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
9. Awaken the Spirit Within by Rebecca Rosen
10. Chosen by Chandra Hoffman

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. Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie
2. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
3. CEO of Me by Ellen Kossek and Brenda Lautsch
4. Happiness Now  by Robert Holden
5. The 4 Hour Work Week  by Timothy Ferriss
6. Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
7. Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner
8. Don’t Know Much About History by Kenneth Davis
9. Everyone is Beautiful by Katherine Center
10. An Artist of the Floating World  by Kazuo Ishiguro

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. Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
2. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
3. Blood Vines by Erica Spindler
4. Lift by Kelly Corrigan
5. Sister Queens by Julia Fox
6. Lead Me On by Victoria Dahl
7. Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen
8. The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle
9. Never Look Away by Linwood Barclay
10. A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro

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. The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
2. An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
3. Blueprints for Building Better Girls by Elissa Schappell
4. Fight Back and Win by Gloria Allred
5. I Shall Not Hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish
6. The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman
7. Rescue  by Anita Shreve
8. Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis
9. Ashes to Ashes by Tami Hoag
10. Running the Books by Avi Steinberg

An Artist of the Floating World

An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro

When I want to enjoy beautiful, breathtaking prose I turn to Ishiguro. In this, his first novel, he earns a reputation for moving the reader with his words.

The story of an artist, now retired, expressing how his perceptions have been altered by WWII, Ono’s narration is descriptive and reminiscent. Set in Japan, the reader is given snippets of the post-war history and national dynamic. As I read Ishiguro I am filled with reverence. He writes so beautifully, but under the words is a subtle drama, a slight irony that causes me to look within myself for buried emotions.

A delight.

A Pale View of Hills

“A Pale View of Hills” by Kazuo Ishiguro was a book that kept me guessing, even after I finished reading it. Was the main character, Etsuko telling a true story? Or revising her own life story?

Ishiguro has an enigmatic voice that easily kept me reading. I was often confused and disturbed throughout the story, but my interest never waned. If you are looking for a book that holds your interest, give this one a try!