Blue Shoes and Happiness

Another nice trip to Africa. I'm looking forward to reading the next book. There were parts in this book that had me laughing out loud, which I don't think has happened before in this series.

Books on CD

I've been looking around at other book lovers blogs...ok I look at them quite a bit. I've noticed that many of you are listening to books.
Now, being a homeschool mom who teaches with real literature as opposed to text books, I've tried a few children's books on CD and my children and I didn't care for them. One or two were ok, but it really depends on the voice who is reading the book and the children always say "we like your voice better mom." Oh, how sweet.
Lately, however my little eyes are just pooping out on me around midnight or so and I'm thinking maybe I should try a book on CD, lay in bed and let someone else read me a story.
So I just put Between Georgia by Joshilyn Jackson on CD on hold at my library. I know I wasn't impressed with her gods in Alabama book, but I hear this one is better, so I'm going to give it a try. I was trying to find Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith on CD, but no such luck. Don't even get me started on the library in his small FL county. How I miss the CT library system. The good news is the next No. 1 Ladies Det. book, The Good Husband of Zebra Drive is being ordered on CD...now if only it gets on the shelf some time this year. Don't get me started on that also...I've been waiting for The Higher Power of Lucky and Nineteen Minutes for months now. Still says on order. I want to call and ask them does that mean it's coming by Pony Express? So far I'm behaving. ;)

Red Leaves

I read this book in 2 nights, only because the first night I was so sleepy. I would have read it in one sitting if I could have stayed awake. This was a great book, told from a father's point of view. His teenage son babysits and the 8 year old girl is missing the next morning. So many bits of evidence point to his son and the father immediately wonders if his son is guilty of a crime. As he is dealing with so many issues, his own childhood and family is constantly coming to his mind. He must work through his first family's past and his current family's present and future.
This book also made me wonder if I would be so quick to think my child guilty of a crime. I think that even if evidence pointed toward my child I would still think my child innocent, especially if my child was proclaiming innocence. I thought it very interesting that he automatically assumed his child could and possibly was guilty of this crime. Very interesting and exciting story.
Rating: 4.5/5

Literacy and Longing in L.A.

What a surprisingly great book. I picked this up at the library because it was about a woman who loved to read. I wasn't expecting much, but it turned out to be a great story.
Dora is a recently single again living in an ocean side apartment. She goes on book buying and reading binges whenever something in her life isn't going well. What's wrong with that??
She falls for a bookstore employee and gets tangled up in his life and in the end...well I'm not going to tell you what she DOES to her books. It's too awful to mention.
Rating: 4.5/5