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Meg's List 2013
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2. Women of the Silk - Gail TsukiyamaA good novel taking place in China. A very easy read.
4. The Lady of the Rivers - Philippa GregoryGreat Book. I Love Philippa Gregory
5. Sarah's Quilt - Nancy E TurnerI really like this author and liked the second book of this trilogy; however, this one was a tad longer than it had to be. (First book was These is My Words)
6. The Star Garden - Nancy E TurnerThe third in the trilogy. I don't think I would read a trilogy back to back again. The first I loved, the second I liked the third was ok. I wonder if I would have thought differently if I had spaced them out.
8. The Bronze Horseman - Paullina SimonsThis was an excellent book, it made me cry and I learned a lot about Lenningrad history during the German invasion. It started getting a bit sappy at the end which is why I didn't give it 5 stars. Couldn't put it down.
9. The Elephant's Journey - Jose SaramagoThis was a delightful read.
10. The Mill River Recluse - Darcie ChenI love reading books where the setting is close to where I live.
11. White Woman on the Green Bicycle - RoffeyInteresting history of Trinidad as the background.
12. The Johnstown Flood - David McCulloughInteresting historical literature by one of my favorite authors.
13. Canada - Richard FordInteresting perspective about parents robbing a bank and how the children survive without them.
14. The Kommandant's Girl - Pam JenoffLoved it! Talk about conflict, can you be Jewish during WWII and love a Nazi?
15. The Sandcastle Girls - BohjalianExcellent book about the Armenian genocide. The most haunting question: How do you kill 1.5 million Armenians without anyone knowing. You kill them where no one knows they are there, the desert.
Meg wrote: "13. Canada - Richard FordInteresting perspective about parents robbing a bank and how the children survive without them."
Your book choices are really interesting! I might jot a couple of these titles down for further review. :)
16. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie - MathisThe book was good but I would have preferred a more in depth character development.
17. The Storyteller- Jodi PicoultWell done WWII and modern day story with the usual Picoult twist.
18. The Lady of the Rivers = Phillipa GregoryNot my favorite Gregory book, a bit too texty
19. Tipperary - Frank DelaneyA Guiness, a pub and Frank Delaney that is all you need.
20. Palisades Park - Fun to read a book where the setting is a place where you lived.
21. Game of Thrones - MaartenCan't decide if I liked the book better or the HBO version better. I guess that is a good thing.
22. Prep - Curtis SittenfieldNostalgic in a strange way.
23. Beneath the Lion's Gaze - MengisteGruesome.
24. The Language of Threads - Gail TsukiyamaAnother good book from Tuskiyama. Quick easy read.
25. Crooked Letter Crooked LetterA really good read.
26. Born Under a Million Shadows - Andrea BusfieldA beautifully written book about life in Afghanastan after the Taliban.
27. The Son - Phillip MeyerAn excellent book about a boy that is taken and raised by Indians. Gets a tad confusing as the story unfolds and is told by three generations.
28. The Wednesday Letters - Jason WrightA bit hokey and predictable
29. Forever Amber - WindsorMmmm, you probably won't love any of the characters especially Amber. In fact, you wont have strong feelings for any of the characters. Ambers manipulating schemes got tiresome and went on forever, but if you are on a beach you might like this one.
30. Waiting - Ha JinYou will develop strong feelings for these characters, learn about Chinese culture, and left thinking/questioning. Great read.
31. Slow Man - J M CoetzeeSlow Man refers to a man in his 60's who is in a near death car/bike accident. He was on the bike and lost his leg. The book deals with his adjustment, or lack of adjustment, to his life without his leg. It is more psychological than physical adjustment, and the reader goes through it with him in a very honest and direct fashion.
32. And the Mountains Echoed - HosseiniI am sorry to say that I didn't love this book. I loved his first two, this one was disjointed.
33. The Orphan Train - KlineIt was okay. The author skipped through parts of the character's life that needed more detail. The beginning was very detailed but then it felt like she was rushing through just to end the book.
34. The Crazed - Ha JinLiterature professor has a stroke and his future son in law/prize student must take care of him in the hospital. This became tedious, boring and hard to plow through. Not my favorite.
35. Me Before You - Jojo MoyesVery well done but very sad.
36. The Buddha in he Attic - Julie OtsukaBeautiful, sad little book about how awfully we treated the Japanese that lived in America.
37. The Painted Girls - BuchananI loved this book. Paris, young girls trying to be ballerinas, poverty, prison, and modeling for Degas. What more could you want?
38. The Boy Kings of Texas: a Memoir - MartinezSome fun parts, some boring parts
39. The Round House - Louise ErdichI really liked the first half of the book but not the second half. It got to drag and too many sub stories that I had not interest in.
40. Mrs Poe - CullenA high three, again I didn't like the ending. I wanted to know more not just learn things in an epilogue.
41. The Executioner's Song - MailerInteresting book about serial killer Gary Gilmore.
slightly interesting, mostly boring