Rosemary got a Kindle and, ready to download books, asked, "Any suggestions?"Our mutual friend Madge had two: "A Fine Balance and Geek Love are two of my all time favorites."
Rosemary said, "I already read A Fine Balance, and it is one of my all-time favorite books too. I had Geek Love but have not read it yet. A co-worker recommended it to me years ago."
Reminding them we had read and discussed A Fine Balance in our book club a decade ago, I gave Rosemary a list of good books I've read lately. Of recent novels, I suggested:
1. Look Again ~ by Lisa Scottoline, 2009
2. Every Last One ~ by Anna Quindlen, 2010
3. Shanghai Girls ~ by Lisa See, 2009
4. House Rules ~ by Jodi Picoult, 2010
5. The Postmistress ~ by Sarah Blake, 2010
This month's book for discussion with my online Book Buddies this month ~ click to join us!
6. Out of My Mind ~ by Sharon M. Draper, a YA novel, 20107. Family Matters ~ by Rohinton Mistry, 2002
8. The Wives of Henry Oades ~ by Johanna Moran, 2010
9. The Help ~ by Kathryn Stockett, 2009
10. The Invisible Mountain ~ by Carolina de Robertis, 2009
11. Remarkable Creatures ~ by Tracy Chevalier, 2010
12. Prayers for Sale ~ by Sandra Dallas, 2009
I also suggested two nonfiction books:
13. I Am Nujood: Age 10 and Divorced ~ by Nujood Ali, 2010
14. When Everything Changed ~ by Gail Collins, 2009
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry was published in 1995. I read it in June 2000 and again in December 2001. About rereading books, Madge said, "That is the only one I reread again, ever."
What good books have you read in the past year or so? Would you reread any of them?
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson. Wonderful British story.
ReplyDeleteLoved A Fine Balance, but I don't know if I could reread it. It was very emotionally exhausting.
Geek Love I read on my own but A FIne Balance we did read Bonnie in our old bookbuddies.
ReplyDeleteI loved A Fine Balance, too, but, like raidergirl3, found it too wrenching to read again.
ReplyDeleteI loved Olive Kitteridge and plan to read it again, soon. I think Olive is one of the most complex and interesting characters I've ever encountered in modern fiction.