I have not been keeping up with my book posting! What does it mean when you are reading books faster than you can get them posted? Yikes. I guess it means that I like to read more than I like to write posts about reading. So here are the books that I have read in the last few weeks.Book #26 of 2010 is...
The Cross-Country Quiliters
by Jennifer Chaverini
Yes, I have read another book by this author. Her books are really well told stories that I don't want to end! This book was about a group of friends who decide to work on a quilt (a square each) even though they live far apart. But each friend has things going on in her own life that she promises her friends she will work on or figure out before she can start her quilt piece. The book weaves the individual stories of these friends nicely and it is just a real feel good book but it has some substance and it isn't really very predictable. I LOVE reading about quilting and friendship which is making Jennifer Chaverini my new "go-to" author for a solid good read.
Book # 27 of 2010 is...
The Runaway Quilt
by Jennifer Chiaverini
I know...another one, but they are all so different and yet just as good as the last one! This book was about the underground railroad and a family's history of helping slaves escape to the north comes into question years later. This book develops the idea that quilts were used to signal passangers on the underground railroad and it explores the history of one family during this monumental time in American history. It is again beautifully written and woven from present day to the Civil War era. A story that makes you WANT to quilt!
Book # 28 of 2010 is...
The Art of Mending
by Elizabeth Berg
This was a book that really hit close to home. It is about three siblings, two sisters and one brother (named Steve), who are forced to reexamine the memories of their childhood. When one sister confronts her other two siblings with devasting allegations about their mother, the three have a difficult time reconciling their varying experiences in the same house. When their father suddenly dies, the three siblings must face their past, their differing experiences of their mother's love, their own culpability in causing each other pain, and their common need for love, acceptance, and forgiveness with each other. This was a book that was hard to read for obvious reasons, but it helped me to understand how children can be raised in the same home and yet be so different even in their understanding of each other. A heavy, emotional read.
Book #29 of 2010 is...
Empire Falls
by Richard Russo
This was a book about a family and the town they live in and how the history of the town is their family's history as well. It was an okay book with twists and turns throughout that kept my attention, but it was hard to relate to some of the characters and it was lengthy in some of the memories and descriptive moments. It was an okay book, overall, but it's not a keeper...this one is getting donated to the library.
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