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. Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
2. Van Gogh: The Life by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith
3. The China Study by Colin Campbell
4. The Paris Wife  by Paula McLain
5. Ashes to Ashes  by Tami Hoag
6. Hoda by Hoda Kotb
7. Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie
8. The 10 Greatest Gifts I Give My Children by Steven Vannoy
9. Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
10. The Bride Collector  by Ted Dekker

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 Way of the Wizard by Deepak Chopra
2. Everyone is Beautiful by Katherine Center
3. Back Roads by Susan Crandall
4. Crescent and Star by Stephen Kinzer
5. Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
6. The Guardian Angelino series (starts with Edge of Sight) by Roxanne St. Clair
7. On Love  by Alain de Botton
8. Never Knowing by Chevy Stevens
9. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
10. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The Paris Wife

The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

Hadley Richardson loved Ernest Hemingway before he became a famous author. They were not married for long, but at the end of his memoir “A Movable Feast” he writes of her, saying “ I wish I had died before I loved anyone but her.” The regret in that statement is palpable.

McLain researched Hemingway and Richardson through their biographies and letters. With this she built a beautiful story of their romance and marriage.

Hemingway’s failure to remain faithful is legendary. In this book we see this from Richardson’s side. Told from her point of view, the reader is quickly engrossed in their relationship.

The 1920’s was a time of emerging voices and changes in American culture. I would have loved to live in this period. The writing reflects the shine of that era.

Hemingway is extremely complex and interesting. I knew a lot about his writing, his lifestyle and his suicide. However, I knew little about his first marriage. I enjoyed this book immensely. A recommend for the historic fiction reader or the literature buff.