A Few Good Reads

All right, so the conversation that spawned my renewed vigor for the idea of this blog revolved around one of the gals at work who's going to Italy soon and needed to know some good books. I told her that "The Birth of Venus" by Sarah Dunant was essential as it is set in 15th century Florence - I read it a couple of years ago when I was enroute to Italy myself and found it fascinating, historically based, and entertaining. I do like to read Sarah Dunant ("Mapping the Edge" is good too) but I digress.

Some of my recommendations:
"Up High in the Trees" by Kiara Brinkman
"Prodigal Summer" and "Animal Dreams" by Barbara Kingsolver
"The Life of Pi" by Pi Patel
"Peace Like a River" by Leif Enger (one of my all-time faves)
"Nineteen Minutes" and "Perfect Match" by Jodi Picoult

Dr. Mac suggested:
"The Glass Palace"
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime"

More as I recall them... Feel free to pitch in, anybody.

Welcome, Dear...

Okay, everybody who used to pay attention to this blog. We've all slacked, and slacked horribly.

I was chatting with a couple of the girls at work the other night, and we were talking about some good books, and I thought to myself, jeez, there needs to be a web page where we can all keep track of these books for each other. And then it hit me, there is just such a place.

So...first things first, allow me to welcome Independent Slave to the melee. This is a wonderfully intelligent woman who's not afraid to speak her mind, and who has become one of my dearest friends and confidantes. I'm hoping that two more new authors will join, but at any rate, I'm excited to start putting a little bit of good reading info out there again.