http://www.blogsmonroe.com/betweenlines a conversation about books Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:51:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just started When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris.  Typical Sedaris...smart, poignant, wry, humorous commentary about his life. So far, not as funny as Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim but well worth reading if you need a chuckle... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/betweenlines/2008/07/02/david-sedaris/ Finished Kate Summerscale's The suspicions of Mr. Whicher : a shocking murder and the undoing of a great Victorian detective. If you don't usually read True Crime, don't stop reading now! This is a great crime book, but also a history title.  If you liked Erik Larsen's Devil in the White City, ... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/betweenlines/2008/06/27/history-buffs/ Checked Book Crossing today and their is no sighting of GONE....no pun intended.  It is lost somewhere in Starbucks limbo.... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/betweenlines/2008/06/16/no-sighting-of-my-released-book/ Finished Escape by Carolyn Jessop last night.  Wow what a shocker!  It's about the author's escape with her eight children (including a child with severe health problems) from the FLDS. This group practices polygamy and was led by Warren Jeffs at the time.  Carolyn Jessop was born into a polygamous family which functioned ... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/betweenlines/2008/06/16/page-turnerescape-by-carolyn-jessop/ Have you ever wondered what happened to that paperback you left in the doctor's office by mistake?  Well, you can find out by participating in Book Crossing. You just register at the site www.bookcrossing.com, post your book's info, print out a label and affix it to the book, and release it to ... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/betweenlines/2008/06/07/set-a-book-free/ Does your book club suffer from boring reads, wasted time, and unhappy campers?  Try some of the myriad online resources to pick your next reads.  Take a look @ Your Library website at http://monroe.lib.mi.us  and check out the information under Books, Movies, Music. If you are just looking for a ... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/betweenlines/2008/06/03/book-club-help/ What do you read when you don't have any time?  Well, I am re-reading Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency as well as trying to read Follett's World without End. This novel of the middle ages set around the cathedral at Knightsbridge is fascinating, but over a thousand ... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/betweenlines/2008/05/29/reading-mish-mash/ Well, I am in the middle of Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men, his ode to Huey Long.  It's all about Willie Stark (thinly veiled Huey Long), a politician who wants to help the common people. A large task in any state, but in Louisiana during the Depression, it ... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/betweenlines/2008/05/05/all-the-kings-men/ Well, even though I usually don't read nonfiction, I have been reading volume 9 of Covered Wagon Women.  It is fascinating. This multivolume set is made up of real diaries from women that made the trek west in a covered wagon.  The editor, Kenneth Holmes, compiled the diaries by time period and ... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/betweenlines/2008/04/28/covered-wagon-women-and-more/ Great news! Carol Hiaasen, author of novels for adults and teens, will be visiting Albion College (Albion, Michigan) on April 24, 7:00 p.m.  He will be speaking at the Goodrich Chapel and the presentation is free and open to the public.  Hiaasen's books are funny, chronicle life in Florida, and are ... http://www.blogsmonroe.com/betweenlines/2008/04/09/carl-hiaasen-visit/