Monday Recommendations (On Tuesday!)

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. Fatelessness by Imre Kertesz
2. Lady Be Good by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
3. Guts Kristen Johnston
4. The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary by Andrew Westoll
5. The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain
6. Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult
7. Don’t Know Much About the Bible by Kenneth Davis
8. Game Change by John Heilemann
9. Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
10. Ten Degrees of Reckoning by Hester Rumberg

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga by Deepak Chopra

Today’s recommendation is for the yoga lovers out there.

Yoga is so relaxing and meditative. If you haven’t tried it, you should!

Little Bee

Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Amazon Description:

Well, the description of this book on Amazon is ridiculous, so I’m not quoting it here. I’ve never seen such a silly way to describe a book. They basically say they don’t want to tell you anything about the book, you just have to read it. If I hadn’t had this recommended I wouldn’t have read it based on that blurb, alone.

Really bad promotion, in my opinion.

My Thoughts:

My own description—This book is about a young Nigerian girl, trying to find a place in England, away from her war torn home. It is about a husband and wife who witnessed a horrific ordeal while visiting her country. It is about human frailty and emotion.

I enjoyed the richness of the characters Cleave created. The plot was interesting and kept me reading.

22 Britannia Road

22 Britannia Road by Amanda Hodgkinson

Amazon Description:

“With World War II finally over, Silvana and her seven-year-old son, Aurek, board the ship that will take them to England, where Silvana's husband, Janusz—determined to forget his ghosts—has rented a little house at 22 Britannia Road. But after years spent hiding in the forests of Poland, Aurek is wild, almost feral. And for Silvana, who cannot escape the painful memory of a shattering wartime act, forgetting is not a possibility.”

My Thoughts:

Hodgkinson is a talented author. I loved parts of this novel, but not all.

In my opinion, the best writing was the love between Silvana and Aurek. Their mother-child connection was palpable.

On the flip-side, I felt the pace was a little slow and the plot a little too complex.

Overall I enjoyed this novel and would recommend it to the historical fiction fan.

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. Awakening the Buddha Within by Lama Surya Das
2. Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas
3. The Good Food Revolution by Will Allen
4. Ketchup is a Vegetable by Robin O' Bryant
5. Prague Winter by Madeleine Albright
6. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
7. Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
8. A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard
9. The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
10. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini