Friday, January 9, 2009

Mermaids in the Basement



Michael Lee West


This is the story of a woman's return to her childhood home to find some family secrets. I loved the main characters in this book, they are strong southern women who all have an opinion on everything and they are all more than happy to share it with everyone. My only complaint about the book was that she added so many minor characters and they all had something to say or add and it made it hard to keep track of what or who was doing what. I read this book in one sitting starting in the morning and finishing that evening so it was not a big problem but I think that if I had read it in increments of time that it would have been hard to remember who was who. I do love the southern style that Michael Lee West writes with, her novels feel like a trip back to an old family home and leave me feeling like I have just sat on the veranda with a glass of cool lemonade.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Water for Elephants


Sara Gruen


This is book has become one of my all time favorite books. It was so beautifully written and was impossible for me to put down once I started it. I read it in a 2 day time span, it was memorizing. The author's depiction of the depression era circus life enabled me to connect to and really care about Jacob. I absolutely love this book and am going to recommend it to all of me friends that are also avid readers. I would definitely give it a 5 star rating on a scale of 1 to 5 stars.