WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN READING?
This seemed to be a "book" summer for me, and I found some real 'goodies', I think. So
the question went out to the Grads on line, and here are their recommendations;
Anne Wallerius Hoy -- FOREVER, by Pete Hammill; an Irish saga from 300 years ago. An historical portrayal of New York, and all of it's periods.
Albie Birkelbach -- THE BATTLE FOR GOD by Karen Armstrong - the rise of radicalism in Islam, Judaism and Christianity; why radical religious groups developed, and why we are in the mess we are in now. Also THE SOUTH BEACH DIET for you know what. Commendable, but we caved in to our craving for carbs. Also THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY by Erik Larson: very entertaining, and great info on Chicago families and the landmarks we grew up with. One last suggestion: I have grown fond of the book reviews on C-Span on the weekends. Happy Reading to All.
Les Duryea -- I enjoyed several books: STATECRAFT by Margaret Thatcher, and Winchester's THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD. Also: THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN by Theodaore Rex., and, of course, THE DA VINCI CODE -- Number 1 on the NY Times list. A mystery.
Marge (Holtorf) Cosgrove -- THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG - by Andre Dubus III (her book club is starting this) Also THE GIRL WITH THE PEARL EARRING - by Tracy Cavelier.
And I wrote to Marge about my favorite of the summer - THE GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE - by Susan Vreeland. She had also read it and told me about the "Pearl" book - they are similar but I dearly loved the Hyacinth story (they are both about a Vermeer painting.) It is a 'little' book, and I read it in one sitting. But CHARMING. I also read Hillary's book (GOOD), KATE REMEMBERED and LINDBERGH both by Scot Berg and BOTH of Michael Moore's books -- as you might have guessed! How about you?
