Monday List!

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 Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
3. The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
4. Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert Massie
5. An Incomplete Education by Judy Jones
6. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
7. Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
8. Wild Swans by Jung Chang
9. The Stephanie Plum series (starts with One for the Money) by Janet Evanovich
10. The Blessings of the Animals by Katrina Kittle

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 Green Mile by Stephen King
2. Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
3. Heaven, Texas by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
4. In Death Series (first is Naked in Death) by J.D. Robb
5. The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
6. The Complete Poems and Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
7. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
8. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
9. The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge by John Leonard
10. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Monday Recommendation List

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. Modern with a classic feel: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2. Simply a beautiful story: A Thousand Splendid Suns  by Khaled Hosseini
3. School reading throw-back: Candide by Voltaire
4. Rich Russian History: Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert Massie
5. Food for the brain:  An Incomplete Education by Judy Jones
6. Random information junkie: Freakanomics by Steven Levitt
7. And more…: SuperFreakanomics by Steven Levitt
8. Ponderous: Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
9. Scottish romance: Laird of the Mist by Paula Quinn
10. Courageous memoir: Escape by Carolyn Jessop

The Secret Life of Bees

A book that demonstrates to me the power of women creating a safe haven for others is “The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kidd.

This story unfolds with an honest, touching voice that recalled to me emotions of my childhood. Set in the South, during the Civil Rights movement, the main character--Lily Owens, has a love inside that knows no boundaries. She overcomes societal expectations and constraints to find a family to share that love.

The book spoke to me in so many ways. I am against society creating organized groups of people who then make it their duty to look down on other groups of people. Lily Owens touched that part of me, the non-conforming part that just wants people to be treated as people, for minds to overcome the ridiculous rules of societies and for love to be all important. If you have a family that doesn’t value you, find another that does!