Blue Sky July
Nia Wyn
Please take this book home! You'll read it in an evening and remember it forever. Written like a long, lovely poem, it's a mother's story of caring for her disabled son. It speaks more clearly and deeply about what matters in life than anything I've read. You will love this book.
Graceling
Kristin Cashore
This first-time author has created a fierce, strong heroine, a sensitive, modern-minded hero, and a smokin' hot romance between them! Add suspense, humor, and thought-provoking superpowers, and it's a great read.
Dear Mermaid
Alan Durant
Absolutely charming! A little girl and mermaid exchange letters and gifts, with each letter slipping into its own envelope on the page. My daughter and I read this again and again!
Flower Confidential
Amy Stewart
A glorious tour through the sights, sounds and characters of the world of cut flowers. Impeccably well-written; I didn't even know I was interested in the subject but couldn't stop reading.
Film Club
David Gilmour
A film-critic father lets his son drop out of school ... if he agrees to watch three films a week chosen by his dad. It's a thoughtful, honest look inside one man's family. Plus: an erudite tour through film history!
Predictably Irrational
Dan Ariely
Another book that will have you compulsively sharing fascinating ancedotes with anyone who'll listen! It's a great read, but also packed with information you can use to understand your own decisions.
Uncommon Reader
Alan Bennett
One of the most lovable books I've read this year -- charming almost beyond description. But not lightweight ... full of intelligence and wit. A short synopsis: The Queen learns to read. It's great!
The Year of Living Biblically
A. J. Jacobs
So funny it hurts -- but also thought-provoking and full of stuff I didn't know. I also loved Jacobs' book about reading the whole Encyclopedia Britannica. What a guy!
The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead
David Shields
I think I can confidently promise that this is like nothing you've ever read. Call it memoir, call it philosophy -- it's haunting, funny and starkly honest about the central fact of life. I loved every page.
A Taste for Rabbit
Linda Zuckerman
Edgy & excellent, this novel reads like an Animal Farm for the 21st century. A gripping tale about the power that a few brave individuals can wield against evil, it also includes bright flashes of humor and careful observations about human nature (or rabbit or fox or badger ...).
The Hypocrisy of Disco
Clane Hayward
Here's the flip side of the back-to-the land movement. Clane Hayward grew up with barely-there hippie parents and longed for food, shelter and other mainstream pleasures. Much of her story takes place in Northern California ... it's touching and hard to forget.
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