Book Review - A Thousand Splendid Suns

I finished this book about three days ago...

Yes, it was a good book, but also very disturbing.

Have any of you read it?

I had my first cry right in the first chapter.

It is the most disturbing account of how women are treated like possessions/dirt/dogs/the lowest of the low.

I don't care about the whole historical, political and cultural 'reasons' that give excuses.

Crimes are crimes.

Arg....

So... I need a new book. Something fun. Uplifting. Something that will make me happy.

Because this book, was not on my 'A' list!

Please.. Help a girl out!

Thanks...

On My Bookshelf - It's Reading Season Again!

I Can't Wait to Read This!
One of my very favorite authors!
She is hot hot hot

But, Right Now I'm Reading This!
Just started this baby last night!
I feel a few late nights are coming up!
Another awesome author.
LOVED The Da Vinci Code!

And, I Just Finished This!
Yep. A good book!
Man I love good books!

Do you see a pattern?
I love to read about religions, and secrets, and hidden things
and protected things, and past cultures.
Good stuff...

Now that 'life' is slowing down a bit I have time to read! My routine is to go to bed right after the kids go to bed. During the summer they are up to 9:30pm.. Oh my.. hard to read at that time for me! And, now that school is back in session, bed time is a decent 8:00 pm! Perfect for that 1 hour of reading before turning the lights off!

What are you reading?

Book Review and a Chat About Library Books

Book Club Read for August

First - let me explain my book club. We are a rather laid back, eclectic mix-match of various women in our County. I might be the youngest. Actually, I am certain I am. We don't have rules and we don't read the same book. We each pick our own to read, if we so desire, and share our findings with our group which meets the first Wednesday of the month.

My friend Ann (the one undergoing radiation treatment for breast cancer) is our organizer. She is the brains behind our outfit, and the one who had the great idea of 'just doing what we want'. Oh how I love that woman.

You see, I love to read. It is one of my passions. Give me a book, or a stack of books by my bedside and I am a happy camper. My weakness is I love to purchase my books. I am not good at going to the library and checking books out. And I don't save my books. Very rarely. I take them back to the bookstore for a credit. Similar to a library, but only different.

This month I took Sami and Jake to the Library (well, in August) to check out books. You know, do the right thing. I came home with four books, Sami one. She read hers. I 'discarded 2' of mine, finished the one featured here, and am devouring my fourth.

BUT I do not Like Library Books! They are gross! They have yucky stuff in them - like food stains, and the spines are busted, and I feel 'yucky' turning their dirty little pages! ACK!

So, my attempt at being frugal is now over. Back to the bookstore, and back to the book....


So, this month I read Balac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie. This book is awesome! I love it! And let me tell you, it is always horrific for me to discover atrosities that have occurred in my lifetime in another country. This one takes place in the 1970's during the Chinese Revolution.

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Dai Sijie, and published in 2000 in French and in English in 2001. Its original French title is Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise.