--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@...> wrote: > > On Jun 16, 2011, at 5:25 AM, wayback71 wrote: > > > Any good reading suggestions for the summer - fiction or non? > > I'm reading Middlemarch right now, and so far it's been well > worth the (relatively minor) effort it takes to slog through > the local politics of the time in order to get to the wonderful > story that she sets you up for. I also just finished Unbroken > by Laura Hillenbrand and loved it~~reads like a novel even though > it's not. I also downloaded a sample of The > Help on my kindle, and while it didn't do much for me lots of > others seem to love it. Cutting For Stone, Half-Broke Horses, > and the Lincoln Lawyer have all gotten excellent reviews. The > Last Of Her Kind, which came out about 5 years ago, is one of > the best recent novels I've ever read. > > Sal > Thanks, I liked Unbroken, too, a real eye opener about Japanese camps. I will do Middlemarch (love that language - it slows you down and sts a pace that is luxurious) and Last of her Kind.
I just finished Room by Emma Donoghue - about a young woman kidnapped as a 19 year old and kept in a soundproof shed. She gets pregnant and has a child and they live in the Room. Strange story. Also Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad - not great but interesting- lots about the music of the 70's and 80's since one of the main characters becomes a record producer. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell is amazing.
