Friday, May 26, 2017

Monthly Book Report January & February 2017


Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly
Loved It, Really Liked It, So So, Not For Me ||  Really Liked It. 

What's It About ||  The story of three women, in three different countries, during WWII and how their lives intertwined.  Some parts were hard to read.

How Did You Read It || Audiobook from the library

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Loved It, Really Liked It, So So, Not For Me ||  So So

What's It About ||  A mindbending, relentlessly surprising thriller.  A science fiction novel.  Some language throughout.

How Did You Read It || Audiobook from the library

Still Life by Louise Penny
Loved It, Really Liked It, So So, Not For Me ||  Really Liked It

What's It About ||  A mystery set in a small Canadian town.  Some language throughout.

How Did You Read It || Book on CD from the library

Quiet:  The Power of Introverts by Susan Cain
Loved It, Really Liked It, So So, Not For Me ||  Really Liked It

What's It About ||  In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so.

How Did You Read It || Audiobook from the library

Women and the Priesthood by Sheri Dew
Loved It, Really Liked It, So So, Not For Me ||  Loved It

What's It About ||  Discussing the relationship between women and the priesthood in the LDS church.  
How Did You Read It || Hardbound book that I own

The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Loved It, Really Liked It, So So, Not For Me ||  Really Liked It

What's It About ||  In this gripping novel, a dark secret threatens to expose the best and worst in everyone tied to the estate at a thriving plantation in Virginia in the decades before the Civil War.

How Did You Read It || Audiobook from the library

Sense and Sensiblilty by Jane Austen
Loved It, Really Liked It, So So, Not For Me ||  Loved It

What's It About ||  The story of two sisters. Elinor is reasonable beyond her nineteen years; Marianne’s feelings are as ungovernable as the wind. But both girls are about to learn how powerful and devastating true love can be.

How Did You Read It || Listened on Librovox app

Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry

Loved It, Really Liked It, So So, Not For Me ||  Really Liked It

What's It About ||  Jayber becomes the barber of the small community of Port William, Kentucky. From behind that barber chair he lives out the questions that drove him from seminary and begins to accept the gifts of community that enclose his answers. 

How Did You Read It || Paperback from library

Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist
Loved It, Really Liked It, So So, Not For Me ||  Really Liked It

What's It About || Shauna writes about how she went from her busy life to slowing down and enjoying what is most important.

How Did You Read It || Hardbound I own it

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