Nonfiction:
Apparent Danger: The Pastor of America’s First Megachurch and the Texas Murder Trial of the Decade in the 1920’s by David Stokes. Semicolon review here.
Plan B by Pete Wilson.
The Whole Five Feet: What the Great Books Taught Me About Life, Death, and Pretty Much Everything Else by Christopher R. Beha.
A Walk with Jane Austen by Lori Smith. Semicolon review here.
Adult Fiction:
An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson. Semicolon review here.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Semicolon review here.
Vittoria Cottage by D.E. Stevenson. Semicolon review here.
Daniel Isn’t Talking by Marti Leimbach. Recommended at Polishing Mudballs.
Children’s/YA Fiction:
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart.
For the Love of Venice by Donna Jo Napoli. Semicolon review here.
Willow by Julia Hoban. Semicolon review here.
Little Blog on the Prairie by Cathleen Davitt Bell. Semicolon review here.
Best Fiction for the month: The Help by Kathryn Stockett.
Best Nonfiction: (hard call–all four were good) A Walk with Jane Austen by Lori Smith.
I also started a couple of books, but didn’t finish them: Bone by Bone by Carol O’Connell and The Ever-breath by Julianna Baggot were just not my cuppa. And I dipped into Joan Didion’s book of essays, Slouching Toward Bethelehem. I’ll probably keep reading the essays even though several of the ones I read seem a bit obscure or esoteric in subject.
I’ll have to read your review of “The Help.” I’ve seen varying comments. I took a look at it at the library one day but it simply didn’t seem like my cup of tea. And Joan Didion is one of those people I’ve never really warmed to, book-wise. You did some great reading this month! I’m on a tear lately. Not saying I’m reading particularly carefully, but I am enjoying myself! Most recent book: “The Ovary Wars,” by Mike Hogan, with a very unusual idea for terrorism: secret sterilization of women! It shows exactly how a decreasing American population (naturally; all the women are sterilized!) can destroy families and businesses. This could really cause the Greatest Depression. It’s a terrific first-time book.