From the look of this blog, you’d think I hadn’t read a book in months. Other than Toddler books, you would be mostly right! However, when I was home in the US this summer, my Mom recommended this book, “The Last Time I Was Me.” The title looked rather depressing. Kind of like the story [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Nostalgia’
September 16, 2008
A Painted House by John Grisham
Oh so many years ago a friend forced me to borrow her latest John Grisham lawyer novel. I protested and protested, but ended up bringing it home. And have read 99% of what he has written since. Often I have been impressed. Sometimes disappointed. A Painted House is a keeper.
This book is completely unrelated to [...]
September 21, 2007
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Well, this book nearly meets my criteria. I could do with a little more dialogue, as sleep deprivation makes it kind of hard to concentrate for extended pages of description.
However, the era is right up my alley. Summer, 1928. The boy is 12 years old. The town has front porches, lawns, huge trees, ice-cream trucks.
This [...]
